Crime And Punishment
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the suffocating slums of nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, a destitute student named Rodion Raskolnikov commits a brutal double murder, convinced by his own twisted philosophy that certain extraordinary men stand above conventional morality — only to discover that the human conscience is a far more relentless prosecutor than any court of law. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's towering 1866 masterpiece, chronicles Raskolnikov's psychological unraveling as guilt, paranoia, and the dogged pursuit of the shrewd detective Porfiry Petrovich close in around him, weaving a narrative of almost unbearable suspense and moral urgency. Beyond its gripping plot, the novel stands as one of the most penetrating studies of the criminal mind ever committed to the page, arguing with fierce conviction that no rational framework can silence the voice of human guilt. Dostoyevsky's prose — intense, feverish, and utterly inhabited by its characters — illuminates timeless questions of free will, redemption, and what it means to be truly human. Part psychological thriller, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual confession, this Russian Classics edition presents a work that continues to haunt readers long after the final page is turned.
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the suffocating slums of nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, a destitute student named Rodion Raskolnikov commits a brutal double murder, convinced by his own twisted philosophy that certain extraordinary men stand above conventional morality — only to discover that the human conscience is a far more relentless prosecutor than any court of law. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's towering 1866 masterpiece, chronicles Raskolnikov's psychological unraveling as guilt, paranoia, and the dogged pursuit of the shrewd detective Porfiry Petrovich close in around him, weaving a narrative of almost unbearable suspense and moral urgency. Beyond its gripping plot, the novel stands as one of the most penetrating studies of the criminal mind ever committed to the page, arguing with fierce conviction that no rational framework can silence the voice of human guilt. Dostoyevsky's prose — intense, feverish, and utterly inhabited by its characters — illuminates timeless questions of free will, redemption, and what it means to be truly human. Part psychological thriller, part philosophical inquiry, and part spiritual confession, this Russian Classics edition presents a work that continues to haunt readers long after the final page is turned.