Crime and punishment
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The two years before he wrote Crime and Punishment (1866) had been bad ones for Dostoyevsky. His wife and brother had died; the magazine he and his brother had started, Epoch, collapsed under its load of debt; and he was threatened with debtor's prison. With an advance that he managed to wangle for an unwritten novel, he fled to Wiesbaden, hoping to win enough at the roulette table to get himself out of debt. Instead, he lost all his money; he had to pawn his clothes and beg friends for loans to pay his hotel bill and get back to Russia. One of his begging letters went to a magazine editor, asking for an advance on yet another unwritten novel — which he described as Crime and Punishment.
One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catapulted Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman — a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy…good for nothing." Overwhelmed afterwards by feelings of guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses to the crime and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering. Infused with forceful religious, social, and philosophical elements, the novel was an immediate success. This extraordinary, unforgettable work is reprinted here in the authoritative Constance Garnett translation.
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Prijs:
Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 maart 2003
Aantal pagina's: 448
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Tweede Auteur: F.M. Dostoevsky
Co Auteur: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Hoofdredacteur: Dr Keith Carabine
Hoofduitgeverij: Dover Publications Inc.
Eerste Vertaler: Constance Garnett
Tweede Vertaler: Constance Garnett
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 216 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 127 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm
Verpakking lengte: 202 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 318 g
EAN: 9780486415871