| Description |
xxxiv, 671 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Summary |
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 Napolean: 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 him the chance of redemption |
| Notes |
Originally published: Harmondsworth : Viking, 1991 |
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"Reissued with revisions 2003." |
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Translation of: Prestuplenie i nakazanie |
| Subject |
Murder -- Russia -- Saint Petersburg -- Fiction
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Novel -- Russian -- 19th century -- English -- Texts
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Murder -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Saint Petersburg (Russia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81039599 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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| Author |
McDuff, David, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0140449132 paperback |
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