Crime and Punishment
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486415872 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 430 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Of his pawnbroker he takes a different view, and in deciding to do away with her he sets in motion his own tragic downfall. Mired in poverty, the student Raskolnikov nevertheless thinks well of himself. . Dostoyevsky's penetrating novel of an intellectual whose moral compass goes haywire, and the detective who hunts him down for his terrible crime, is a stunning psychological portrait, a thriller and a profound meditation on guilt and retribution
"Check the Publisher of this book before you buy" according to Kiwi. Crime and Punishment is one great novel. However, we have a bit of misleading marketing going on here. Make sure you're buying the version you think you're buying before you order. "Crime and Punishment" published by General Books LLC is a poor quality scanned in version. If you do the "Look Inside" thing on this book, you'll see the inside of another version of the book. Amazon needs to start recognizing the difference in translations This is not the version of the book I clicked on! When you look at the (paperback) edition of Crime and Punishment translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, it says right below it, "Start reading Crime and Punishment on your Kindle" and also lists the different versions available - paperback, hardcover, etc. - and includes a Kindle Edition. But when you click. "Brilliant Book" according to Daniel Berg. I chose to read this book in my quest to read all those books I was supposed to read in school and never did. I was expecting a long boring book, but I was so wrong!There were only a couple parts (at the beginning) that were kinda slow, the rest was pure genius. The book had a lot more action than I expected, an amazing story line, great characters, and some of the best
One of his begging letters went to a magazine editor, asking for an advance on yet another unwritten novel — which he described as Crime and Punishment.One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catapulted Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman — a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy…good for nothing." Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering. Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. His wife and brother had died; the magazine he and his brother had started, Epoch, collapsed under its load of debt; and he was threatened with debtor's prison. With an advance that he managed to wangle for an unwritten