Crime and Punishment (Penguin Translated Texts)

This masterful translation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment offers a renewed vitality to the dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit, with a jagged, staccato urgency that conveys the author's fevered atmosphere as never before.

The protagonist, Raskolnikov, wanders alone through the slums of St.

Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws.

But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues.

Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck.

Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.

With an expert translation that captures the raw emotion and psychological complexity of Dostoevsky's work, this edition is a must-read for fans of Russian literature and anyone who loves a gripping psychological thriller.