Crime and Punishment (World's Classics)

by F . M . Dostoevsky (Author), RichardPeace (Editor), JessieCoulson (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.27

  Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. The novel is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yet contains moments of wild humor. This new edition of the authoritative and readable Coulson translation comes with a challenging new introduction and notes that elucidate many of the novel's most important--and difficult--aspects.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $29.23

• New

  Hardcover
  1993

  $18.31

  Dostoesky's drama of sin, guilt and redemption transmutes the sordid story of an old woman's murder by a desperate student into the nineteenth century's profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel. Grim in theme and setting, the book nevertheless seduces by its combination of superbly drawn characters, narrative brilliance and manic comedy.