“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart…”

Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning, we are locked into the frenetic consciousness of Raskolnikov, who, against his better instincts, is irrevocably drawn to commit a horrific double crime. From that moment, we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride, disdain and need for others, as well as terrifying despair and hope for salvation: and, in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel, we watch his agonizing efforts to investigate and confront both his motives and the consequences of his crime. The result is a tragic novel built from a series of extraordinarily dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence: particularly our desire for self-expression and self-fulfillment, in contrast to the constraints of morality and human laws; and our agonizing consciousness of the harsh injustices of the world and our own mortality, in contrast to the mysteries of divine justice and immortality.

Pages: 848, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm