'Dostoyevsky's finest masterpiece' John Bayley
Dostoyevsky's great novel of damnation and redemption evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur. It tells the story of Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, who wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be beyond conventional moral laws. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck.
Translated with an Introduction and notes by DAVID McDUFF

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Преступление и наказание

Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Fuel; David McDuff

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

Ladybird Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

Penguin Group UK

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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, New York State, 2009

Alcester?, 2008?

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From [wikipedia][1]:
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prjɪstʊˈpljenjə ɪ nəkɐˈzanjə]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866.[1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.[2]
Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.
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See also:
- [Преступлéние и наказáние: 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7998899W/Prestuplenie_i_nakazanie._1_2)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment

My Penguin Books By The Greats, Covers By You. Raskolnikov, A Destitute And Desperate Former Student, Wanders Through The Slums Of St Petersburg And Commits A Random Murder Without Remorse Or Regret. He Imagines Himself To Be A Great Man, A Napoleon: Acting For A Higher Purpose Beyond Conventional Moral Law. But As He Embarks On A Dangerous Game Of Cat And Mouse With A Suspicious Police Investigator, Raskolnikov Is Pursued By The Growing Voice Of His Conscience And Finds The Noose Of His Own Guilt Tightening Around His Neck. Only Sonya, A Downtrodden Prostitute, Can Offer The Chance Of Redemption.

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, commits a random murder, imagining himself to be a great man far above moral law. But as he embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with police, his conscience begins to torment him and he seeks sympathy and redemption from Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute

This classic, begun as a novel concerned with the psychology of a crime and the process of guilt, surpasses itself to take on the tragic force of myth

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