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"A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866). 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...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Russian |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Oxford world's classics
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| Summary: |
"A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866). 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 trial. It is a powerfully psychological novel, in w |
| Carrier Form: | xxxiii, 508 pages : map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxvii]-xxx). |
| ISBN: |
9780198709701 (hardback) : 0198709706 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PG3326 |
| CLC: | I512.44 |
| Call Number: | I512.44/D724-30 |