Crime and Punishment
Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
ISBN: 9780241347683
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Oct 2018
Pages: 720
Format: Hardback
Back by popular demand, the original Clothbound Classics edition of DostoyevskyP#39;s masterpiece.
Part of PenguinP#39;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;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 Porfiry, a suspicious detective, 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. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, DostoyevskyP#39;s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyoneP#39;s faith in humanity is tested.
ISBN: 9780241347683
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Oct 2018
Pages: 720
Format: Hardback
Back by popular demand, the original Clothbound Classics edition of DostoyevskyP#39;s masterpiece.
Part of PenguinP#39;s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Plt;brPgt; Plt;brPgt;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 Porfiry, a suspicious detective, 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. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, DostoyevskyP#39;s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyoneP#39;s faith in humanity is tested.
