Crime and Punishment by F M Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by F M Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes by his action to set himself outside and above society. A novel of fearful tension, physical, and psychological, it is pervaded by Dostoevsky's sinister evocation of St Petersburg, yet in the life of its gloomy tenements and drink-shops provides moments of wild humour. Crime and Punishment was marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experiences. He had himself undergone interrogation and trial, and was condemned to death, a sentence commuted to penal servitude. In prison he was particularly impressed by one hardened murderer who seemed to have attained a spiritual equilibrium beyond good and evil: yet witnessing the misery of other convicts also engendered in Dostoevsky a belief in the Christian idea of salvation through suffering.

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ISBN 13	9780192833839
ISBN 10	0192833839
Titre	Crime and Punishment
Auteur	F M Dostoevsky
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Oxford University Press
Année de publication	1998-12-01
Nombre de pages	566
Prix	Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
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