Crime and Punishment Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author), McDuff, David (Translator), McDuff, David (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140449132 ISBN-13: 9780140449136 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, commits a random murder, imagining himself to be a great man far above moral law. But as he embarks on a cat-and-mouse game with police, his conscience begins to torment him and he seeks sympathy and redemption from Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2003275315 |
Lexile Measure: 900 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.02" W x 7.98" (1.08 lbs) 720 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 703 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 40.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read 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. |