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Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with an introduction and notes by Oliver Ready.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: Penguin classics deluxe editionPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2015Description: xlii, 560 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143107637 (pbk.)
  • 0143107631 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891.73/3
LOC classification:
  • PG 3326 D724c 2015
Summary: Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman -- a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy ... good for nothing." Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PG 3326 D724c 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000191730

Originally published in 1866

Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman -- a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy ... good for nothing." Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering

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