Crime and Punishment (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (2018) (UK)

Crime and Punishment (Penguin Clothbound Classics) Hardcover – 5 July 2018 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), David McDuff (Translator), UK.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with Porfiry, a suspicious detective, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 720 pages
• Dimensions 138 x 204 x 46mm | 845g
• Publication date 09 Oct 2018
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint Penguin Classics
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0241347688
• ISBN13 9780241347683