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Hailed by Washington Post Book World as “the best [translation] currently available” when it was first published, this second edition of Crime and Punishment has been updated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME
With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky’s astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel.
In Crime and Punishment, when Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that is almost unequalled in world literature for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth of characterization and vision. Dostoevsky’s drama of sin, guilt, and redemption transforms the sordid story of an old woman’s murder into the nineteenth century’s profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel.
Publisher : Vintage; Reprint edition (March 2, 1993)
Language : English
Paperback : 565 pages
ISBN-10 : 0679734503
ISBN-13 : 978-0679734505
Reading age : 18 years and up
Lexile measure : 900L
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.16 x 1.04 x 7.94 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book excellently translated, with one noting it was translated by a native Russian speaker, and appreciate its profound exploration of morality and character study of human psyche. Moreover, the book receives positive feedback for its beauty, value for money, and practical advice, with one customer highlighting its inclusion of Biblical references. However, the readability receives mixed reviews, with some finding it simple to read while others find it boring. Additionally, several customers report issues with missing pages, particularly pages 315 to 378.
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