Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Oliver Ready
Book 3 of +Standalone Classics+
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jun 11, 2015
Genre:
classics
Words:
239163
Pages:
772
Book Details
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Description:
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.