Crime and Punishment
Author(s): Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS'sThe Great American Read
A desperate young man plans the perfect crime-the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old women no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime, to transgress moral law-if it will ultimately benefit humanity? So begins one of the greatest novels ever written- a powerful psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, a fascinating detective thriller infused with philosophical, religious and social commentary. Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in a garret in the gloomy slums of St. Petersburg, carries out his grotesque scheme and plunges into a hell of persecution, madness and terror.Crime and Punishmenttakes the reader on a journey into the darkest recesses of the criminal and depraved mind, and exposes the soul of a man possessed by both good and evil . . . a man who cannot escape his own conscience.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury
- : Alma Classics
- : 0.01
- : 01 August 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Fyodor Dostoevsky
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 891.73/3