Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Fiction - Deluxe Hardback Gift Edition

Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Hardback (Deluxe Limited Edition). ISBN: 9789124022242. Publisher: Rupa Publications. Overview:. This Deluxe Limited Edition hardback of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", published by Rupa Publications, presents one of the most powerful psychological novels ever written in a beautifully produced gift-worthy format. Following impoverished former student Rodion Raskolnikov through the fevered days after he commits a brutal murder, the novel is a masterclass in tension, conscience and moral reckoning. Perfect for collectors, students of literature and lovers of Russian classics, this edition combines a premium binding with Dostoevsky's enduring, era-defining prose.. About the Book:. First published in 1866, "Crime and Punishment" follows Rodion Raskolnikov, a destitute former student in St Petersburg who convinces himself that certain "extraordinary" men are entitled to transgress moral law for a higher purpose. Acting on this theory, he murders a pawnbroker, setting in motion a spiral of guilt, paranoia, fever and self-contempt that consumes him long before the police close in. Dostoevsky renders Raskolnikov's disintegrating mind with astonishing psychological precision, moving between claustrophobic dread and flashes of tenderness as characters such as the compassionate Sonia and the shrewd investigator Porfiry Petrovich draw him toward confession and possible redemption. Set against the grime, poverty and social upheaval of nineteenth-c...