Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics (Pocket))

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Cynthia Brantley Johnson (Editor), Margaret Brantley (Editor)

• Used

  Mass Market Paperback
  2004

  $9.30

  ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED
  BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
  
  Dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong disappears, and a riveting portrait of guilt and retribution.
  
  EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
  A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
  A chronology of the author's life and work
  A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
  An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
  Detailed explanatory notes
  Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
  Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
  A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
  
  Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
  SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $6.04

  A thrilling study of guilt and power, the Penguin Classics edition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff. 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, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. 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 contains a new chronology of Dostoyevsky's life and work. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works available in Penguin Classics include The Brothers Karamazov , The Idiot and Demons . If you enjoyed Crime and Punishment , you might like Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina , also available in Penguin Classics . McDuff's language is rich and alive . ( The New York Times Book Review ).

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $14.05

  A masterful adaptation exploring the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Raskolnikov, a poor St. Petersburg student, who murders a miserly pawnbroker. Illustrated by Alain Korkos, a French writer and artist whose most recent graphic novel, Introducing Camus, adapted by David Mairowitz, has been a great success.

• New

  Hardcover
  1993

  $19.45

  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.