Crime and Punishment (Everyman's Library)
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A masterpiece of guilt and redemption that transforms the sordid story of an old woman’s murder into the nineteenth century’s profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel. • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, is determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammeled individual will. When he commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that, for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth 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 imaginations. Award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky render this elusive and wildly innovative novel with an energy, suppleness, and range of voice that do full justice to the genius of its creator. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. Review: Great book - The vintage classic Russians Series are excellent reads and look good in your book library Review: A Brilliant Read - I bought this as a gift, but I’ve read it before and it’s genuinely one of my favourites. Even though I haven’t enjoyed other Dostoyevsky books I’ve tried, this one is an excellent read. I particularly like the way it portrays the psychological states of the main character — how he reacts to events and how they affect him. As for this edition, my only complaint is the paper cover on the hardback. It feels flimsy and a bit cheap.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 789 Reviews |
A**I
Great book
The vintage classic Russians Series are excellent reads and look good in your book library
J**Z
A Brilliant Read
I bought this as a gift, but I’ve read it before and it’s genuinely one of my favourites. Even though I haven’t enjoyed other Dostoyevsky books I’ve tried, this one is an excellent read. I particularly like the way it portrays the psychological states of the main character — how he reacts to events and how they affect him. As for this edition, my only complaint is the paper cover on the hardback. It feels flimsy and a bit cheap.
D**A
Solid
Good quality and the best translation and good price.
C**S
contented reader
The translation is good. Compared to other translations, this book has end notes to give background information about the names and phrases. The end notes are not that many, so it is not distracting to check them.
P**P
Masterpiece
In my opinion Dostoevsky is a master in showing the feelings and reactions of his characters, especially when they act under special circumstances. I guess he was a master in human psychology too. His characters are so close to reality, a great stimulation of it.The translation is great too. I think literature and all of us owe Dostoevsky our adoration and respect at least. As a conclusion i think that this one is a book of high standards but i prefer The brothers Karamazov because being his last work i think it's a bit more complete!
A**E
the greatest novel ever written
When William Faulkner was asked what are the three greatest novels ever written, he answered 'Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina.' I say 'Crime and Punishment, Crime and Punishment, Crime and Punishment. I read it for the first time in the old Penguin Classics translation by David Magyarshak when I was 19 and it blew my mind away. I was Raskolnikov; ain't we all! I resisted re-reading it for years, frightened it wouldn't be the same, until I read it again at 38, 19 years later, in the current Penguin Classics version translated by David McDuff and benefitted greatly from the excellent textual notes in that edition, which provide a lot of valuable and detailed information on the intellectual, political and historical contexts of the novel. Now at 44, I have just finished reading the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation. I have no Russian, but this is the one to read. This is intuitive, of course, but it reads as the story feels in ways that the other two versions I have read do not. My second reading didn't recapture the incandescence of my first encounter with the book. The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation did. I felt like I was getting the book for the first time (again!) Now for their Karamazov!
A**O
great book, good condition
honestly amazing, the hardback was comfortable to hold and just gorgeous
R**S
Everyman's Library Classics Edition
My review is for the Everyman's Library Classics Edition. These editions are by far the best quality editions of books I have found, for quite a reasonable price, I feel. They are quality bound, with acid-free paper; they have good size print; ribbon page markers; and come with dust jackets. If you see your favourite books, in these editions: I cannot recommend them more. They represent great value for money.
L**S
Worthy
- extremely soft paper and acid free - clothbound with dustjacket and mark ribbon - with good layout and support materials - sewed pages, contributes to easily open the book
A**N
Great Book
Both the packaging and the book were in perfect condition. Delivery was earlier than expected and timely. Great book, a must read for the ones interested in Russian literature.
R**L
Masterpiece and Excellent Copy
This is my favourite piece of literary fiction to date. A deep dive into the psychological motivations of different types of people and how they play out in a realistic fashion. Very readable, a page turner, and suspenseful. Dostoevsky does an excellent job of capturing the dark side of intelligent individuals who live in a society that they view with contempt. A dark psychological all time classic
J**N
Amazing book. Dostoyevski is an all time great for a reason.
This should be required reading.
B**I
Excellent!
I have already read the book befor so i am not reviewing the contents but the copy!Beautiful book .It can feel a little expensive if you are not a collector of books.But it is just pure pleasure to hold the book and feel the pages and it has the nostalgic 'book smell' as well!More than satisfied with my purchase!
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