Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.įyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella Poor Folk.
Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2014. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Oliver Ready. This Penguin Classic is performed by Don Warrington, known for his roles in Death in Paradise and The Five as well as his multiple Shakespearean performances.
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