Crime and Punishment: (Stage Version) Contributor(s): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author), Hannan, Chris (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 1848423659 ISBN-13: 9781848423657 Publisher: Nick Hern Books OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 900 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 703 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 40.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel. Starving, destitute student Raskolnikov is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she doesn't love to keep her family alive. His guilt is unbearable. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer any chance of redemption. As Raskolnikov enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with the examining magistrate, a psychological thriller unfolds that probes how far humanity might go when driven by disillusionment and whether any crime can be justified by a higher purpose. Both a classic come to life and an urgent new work which develops its own style and language rather than slavishly imitating the text and it's all the better for it. - Independent Powerful... To find a theatrical structure, adaptor Chris Hannan roams freely through the novel. He turns interior monologue into direct address, thins out subplots and reconfigures the sequence of events to fashion a fluid route through the story. - Guardian Magnificent... a fluent, beautiful, profoundly theatrical account of one of the great stories of world literature. - Scotsman Fyodor Dostoyevsky was an 18th century Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. His best-known works include Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.? Chris Hannan is a Scottish playwright and novelist. His plays include The Evil Doers (Bush Theatre), Shining Souls (Traverse Theatre) and The God of Soho (Shakespeare's Globe). |