Dostoievski, Fedor 1821-1881

Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff. - London ; New York : Penguin, 2003 - xxxiv, 671 pages. - Penguin classics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]-xxiv).

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.


Texto en inglés.

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Russian fictions

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