Crime and Punishment : Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky

Categories: Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels Fiction In Translation Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky Reissue Paperback (20 May 1993) Publisher's Synopsis TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR & LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY 'The old woman was merely a sickness . . .it wasn't a human being I killed, it was a principle!' 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 convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins one of the greatest novels ever written, a journey into the criminal mind, a police thriller, and a philosophical meditation on morality and redemption. Book information ISBN: 9780099981909 Publisher: Random House Imprint: Vintage Classics Pub date: 20 May 1993 Edition: Reissue DEWEY: 891.733 DEWEY edition: 22 Language: English Number of pages: 592 Weight: 406g Height: 197mm Width: 130mm Spine width: 37mm