Presents the translation of the author's 'psychological record of a crime' that gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere.
Crime and Punishment
โ Scribed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press;Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. The novel is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yet contains moments of wild humor. This new edition of the authoritative and readable Coulson translation comes with a challenging new introduction and notes that elucidate many of the novel's most important--and difficult--aspects.
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