Crime and Punishment (1997) - Folio Society edition

Crime and Punishment (1997)

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Crime and Punishment (1997)
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Crime and Punishment (1997)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Edition year 1997
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Harry Brockway
Translator David McDuff
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 510
Dimensions 24 × 16.4 cm

Edition details

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 2nd edition. Translated by David McDuff. Introduction by Stephen Tumim. 14 wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Quarter bound in red cloth, white cloth boards with an enlargement of one of Brockway's wood-engravings in black. White flecked endleaves. Dark green slipcase. 24x16.4cm. 510pp

About the book

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment follows Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished former student living in St Petersburg who convinces himself that an extraordinary person may be morally justified in committing a crime for a greater purpose. Acting on this theory, he murders an elderly pawnbroker, but the psychological consequences quickly overwhelm him. As suspicion closes around him, Raskolnikov struggles with guilt, pride, fear and his increasingly desperate attempts to justify his actions. His relationship with the compassionate Sonia becomes central to his moral transformation. The novel is a profound exploration of conscience, punishment, redemption and the limits of intellectual theories when confronted with human suffering.

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