Crime and Punishment (Minimalist Classics, #10) (Elephant Classics, #10) (Classic Literature, #10)

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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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.
  • ISBN10 0140623515
  • ISBN13 9780140623512
  • Publish Date 2 July 2007 (first published 1 February 1968)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 21 March 2013
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 448
  • Language English