Crime and punishment / by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Contance Garnett.
2006
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Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English
Title
Crime and punishment / by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Contance Garnett.
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Project Gutenberg.
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Salt Lake City : Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2006.
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Summary
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St. Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky's great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. This edition also includes a new chronology of Dostoyevsky's life and work.
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English
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9781470398606
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