Crime And Punishment

by fyodor fedor dostoevsky dostoyevsky translated volokhonsky books of punishment punishement punishments hardcover hard cover ... translation an dostoievski english hardback

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Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime And Punishment (Hardcover, 1866, Sahara Publisher Books)

Hardcover, 584 pages

Published Jan. 1, 1866 by Sahara Publisher Books.

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978-2-38226-025-8
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Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866.[1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.[2]

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his …

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