Crime and Punishment
, by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Ready, Oliver; Ready, Oliver; Ready, Oliver; Lazar, ZoharNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780143107637 | 0143107631
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/14/2015
A gripping new translation of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiecein a striking Graphic Deluxe Edition
This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky’s psychological record of a crime” gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society’s laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.
This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky’s psychological record of a crime” gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society’s laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.