Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
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This 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 tension, it is pervaded by Dostoevsky's sinister evocation of St Petersburg, yet the life of its tenements and drink-shops provides moments of humour.
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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.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192833839 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192833839 |
| Title | Crime and Punishment |
| Author | F M Dostoevsky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1998-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 566 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |