| Crime and punishment Contributor(s): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 150543419X ISBN-13: 9781505434194 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $26.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 900 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6" W x 9" (2.33 lbs) 804 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: Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. 1] It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. 2] Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose. |