Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

A poverty-stricken student murders a pawnbroker in St Petersburg, then finds guilt harder to escape than the law.

TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY
A troubled young man commits what he believes is the perfect crime: the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive is not merely personal gain, but the benefit of mankind.
So begins one of the defining works of psychological fiction: a journey into the criminal mind, a police thriller and a philosophical meditation on morality and redemption.
As guilt, fear and pride consume him, Raskolnikov is forced to confront the consequences of an idea taken to its most terrible conclusion. Around him move poverty, suspicion, spiritual longing and the possibility of grace.
Crime and Punishment is a classic Russian novel about murder, conscience, poverty and moral struggle. For readers of literary crime fiction and philosophical classics, Dostoevsky’s masterpiece remains one of the most searching studies of guilt ever written.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy.He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, includingCrime and Punishment (1865). He died on 9th February 1881.

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ISBN 13	9780099981909
ISBN 10	0099981904
Title	Crime and Punishment
Author	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Series	Vintage Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1993-05-20
Number of pages	592
Prizes	Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
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