"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart…"
Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment on, we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride, of contempt for and need of others, and of terrible despair and hope of redemption: and, in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel, we follow his agonised efforts to probe and confront both his own motives for, and the consequences of, his crime. The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence: most especially our desire for self-expression and self-fulfilment, as against the constraints of morality and human laws; and our agonised awareness of the world's harsh injustices and of our own mortality, as against the mysteries of divine justice and immortality.
| ISBN: | 9781840228564 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2023 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions an imprint of Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 848 pages |
| Series: | Wordsworth Collector's Editions |
| Genres: |
General Fiction |
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart…"
Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment on, we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride, of contempt for and need of others, and of terrible despair and hope of redemption: and, in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel, we follow his agonised efforts to probe and confront both his own motives for, and the consequences of, his crime. The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence: most especially our desire for self-expression and self-fulfilment, as against the constraints of morality and human laws; and our agonised awareness of the world's harsh injustices and of our own mortality, as against the mysteries of divine justice and immortality.
Crime and Punishment features in the following genres: General Fiction
Crime and Punishment is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook,
Crime and Punishment was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Wordsworth Editions an imprint of Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Crime and Punishment has 848 pages
Yes it is part of Wordsworth Collector's Editions series
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