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'One death, in exchange for thousands of lives - it's simple arithmetic!'This is a new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866) by Nicolas Pasternak Slater, with editorial material by the UK's leading Dostoevsky expert, Dr Sarah J. Young.The impoverished student Raskolnikov decides to free himself from debt by killing an old moneylender, an act he sees as elevating himself above conventional morality. Like Napoleon he will assert his will and his crime will be justified by its elimination of 'vermin' for the sake of the greater good. But Raskolnikov is torn apart by fear, guilt, and a growing conscience under the influence of his love for Sonya. Meanwhile the police detective Porfiry is on his trail. It is a powerfully psychological novel, in which the St Petersburg setting, Dostoevsky's own circumstances, and contemporary social problems all play their part.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780198709718
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046706485
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrime and Punishment
AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2019
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages544 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height196mm
Item Width144mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky
Series TitleOxford World's Classics
EditorSarah J. Young
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom