Crime and Punishment (1867)

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and Punishment can bear any amount of rereading without losing a drop of its power over our imagination.… (more)

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I think very good for release times but I cant say this now.Still good but story focus usualy move other character. Is not looking bad first time but this things live to contiunal...Also this problem because began lose the main charecter intertesting (

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Karakeddy | May 5, 2021 |

I cannot say that I enjoyed the book as much as I was told I would: Raskolnikov was annoying and frankly whiny and I could not get behind his moral dilemmas.

The other main character line: that of the Marmeladov family was far more fascinating. Their struggles and inner life were captivating and their suffering: touching and at times painful to read. (

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Björkegren, Hans	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Borja, Corinne	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Borja, Robert	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Canon, Raymond R.	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Eichenberg, Fritz	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Geier, Swetlana	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Hollo, J. A.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jullian, Philippe	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
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Crime and Punishment (1/2) by F.M. Dostojewski

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Canonical title

Crime and Punishment

Original title

Преступление и наказание

Prestuplenie i nakazanie

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Original publication date

1867

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St. Petersburg, Russia

Haymarket, St. Petersburg, Russia

Stolyarny Lane, St. Petersburg, Russia

104 Griboedova Canal, St. Petersburg, Russia

Yusupov Gardens, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000 ∙ IMDb)

Crime and Punishment (1935 ∙ IMDb)

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On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. (Garnett translation)

Toward the end of a sultry afternoon early in July a young man came out of his little room in Stolyarny Lane and turned slowly and somewhat irresolutely in the direction of Kamenny Bridge. (Coulson translation)

On a very hot evening at the beginning of July a young man left his little room at the top of a house in Carpenter Lane, went out into the street, and, as though unable to make up his mind, walked slowly in the direction of Kokushkin Bridge.

At the beginning of July, during an extremely hot spell, towards evening, a young man left the closet he rented from tenants in S____y Lane, walked out to the street, and slowly, as if indecisively, headed for the K______n Bridge. (Pevear and Volokhonsky translation)

In het begin van juli, het was tegen de avond en bijzonder warm, verliet een jongeman het kamertje dat hij aan de S-steeg in onderhuur bewoonde, en begaf zich traag, besluiteloos bijna, in de richting van de K-brug.

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The original Russian title is “Преступление и наказание”.

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Woolf, Virginia

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Original language

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Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and Punishment can bear any amount of rereading without losing a drop of its power over our imagination.

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Student with an axe:
Napoleon or madman?
Siberian gaol.

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Good boy gone bad in

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removes most drama.

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Young murderer
Meets pious prostitute
No hilarity
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