| Crime and Punishment Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author), Coulson, Jessie (Translator), Peace, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199536368 ISBN-13: 9780199536368 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The first of Dostoevsky's masterworks, "Crime and Punishment" presents the powerful story of Raskolnikov, who reasons that intellectually "superior" men like himself can and must transcend conventional moral law. To test his theory, he devises the perfect murder. What follows is a nightmare world of bitterness and torment, and one of the most gripping crime stories of all time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008274623 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Series: Oxford World's Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.85 lbs) 537 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 703 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 40.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A troubled young man commits the perfect crime: the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but he convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins a tragic novel that illuminates the eternal struggle between human emotions and desire, and the harsh laws of ethics and justice. Part thriller and part philosophical meditation, this is a penetrating look at the core of human nature. |