Crime and Punishment Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author), Francis, Oliver (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1509827749 ISBN-13: 9781509827749 Publisher: MacMillan Collector's Library OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 900 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 4" W x 6" (0.84 lbs) 736 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 703 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 40.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Crime and Punishment is the story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. Raskolnikov, a poor student, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, and then has to face up to the moral consequences of his actions. The novel is compelling and rewarding, full of meaning and symbolism, and raises profound questions about the individual and society, and the nature of free will. Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Afterword by Oliver Francis. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor: - Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist and writer of fiction whose works, including Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, have had a profound and lasting effect on intellectual thought and world literature. |