One death,in exchange for thousands of lives - it's simple arithmetic!'A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece,Crime and Punishment (1866). The impoverished student Raskolnikov decides to free himself from debt by killing an old moneylender,an act he sees as elevating himself above conventional morality. Like Napoleon he will assert his will and his crime will be justified by its elimination of'vermin'for the sake of the greater good. But Raskolnikov is torn apart by fear,guilt,and a growing conscience under the influence of his love for Sonya. Meanwhile the police detective Porfiry is on his trail. It is a powerfully psychological novel,in which the St Petersburg setting,Dostoevsky's own circumstances,and contemporary social problems all play their part.
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Publisher: Oxford University PressISBN: 9780198709718Weight: 378 gDimensions: 196 x 144 x 24 mm
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Superb... the Oxford University Press edition is beautifully produced and competitively priced.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
An undisputable giant of Russian fiction,Fyodor Dostoevsky remains one of the most widely read Russian writers,best known for iconic novels Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov.
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