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Crime and punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Jessie Coulson ; with an introduction and notes by Richard Peace

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Includes bibliographical references

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Crime and punishment

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Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Jessie Coulson ; with an introduction and notes by Richard Peace

Oxford world's classics

Believing he can commit the perfect crime, Roderick Raskolnikov robs and murders an elderly pawnbroker. He eventually finds himself engaged in a battle of wits with inspector Porfiry, a policeman who is determined to wring a confession from the once confident Raskolnikov, a killer whose conscience is slowly beginning to destroy himCrime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. The novel is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yet contains moments of wild humor. This new edition of the authoritative and readable Coulson translation comes with a challenging new introduction and notes that elucidate many of the novel's most important and difficult aspects