Crime and Punishment
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a ...downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.
Book Details
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Language: English
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN13: 9780140621808