Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486415872
ISBN-139780486415871
eBay Product ID (ePID)1931830

Product Key Features

Book TitleCrime and Punishment
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicPsychological, Classics, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-065906
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal891.73/3
SynopsisThe two years before he wrote Crime and Punishment (1866) had been bad ones for Dostoyevsky. 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 novel, he fled to Wiesbaden, hoping to win enough at the roulette table to get himself out of debt. Instead, he lost all his money; he had to pawn his clothes and beg friends for loans to pay his hotel bill and get back to Russia. 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. 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. 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. Infused with forceful religious, social, and philosophical elements, the novel was an immediate success. This extraordinary, unforgettable work is reprinted here in the authoritative Constance Garnett translation. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative., Supreme masterpiece tells the story of Raskolnikov, a student tormented by his own thoughts after he murders an old woman. Overwhelmed by guilt and terror, he confesses and goes to prison.
LC Classification NumberPG3326.P7 2001

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