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Crime And
Punishment (Macmillan
Collector's Library)
Hardcover
£9.49
A towering classic of Russian literature Fyodor Dostoevsky&s Crime & Punishment is a compelling story of a brutal double murder & its aftermath An impoverished ex-student Rodion Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker & her sister apparently for financial gain But as he encounters friends & family strangers & adversaries Raskolnikov is compelled to face the true forces that have led him to murder His struggle with himself & those around him becomes a battle of the individual against society radicalism against tradition & ultimately the will of man against the mysteries of divine providence A sensation in its day Crime & Punishment has left an indelible stamp on the world of literature This beautiful Macmillan Collector&s Library edition of Crime & Punishment is translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett with an afterword by Oliver Francis Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure ...
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Crime And Punishment
(Vintage Classic
Russians Series)
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Paperback, 2017)
£8.99
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR & LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYConsumed by the idea of his own special destiny immured in poverty & deprivation Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime In the aftermath Rashkolnikov is dogged by madness guilt & a calculating detective & a feverish cat-&-mouse game unfolds The only hope for redemption if Rashkolnikov can but recognise it lies in the virtuous & faithful Sonya The Vintage Classic Russians Series Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution these are must-have beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy censorship & suppression to influence decades of thought & artistic expression ...
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Crime And Punishment:
(OWC Hardback)
£13.49
' One death in exchange for thousands of lives
- it's simple arithmetic!' A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece Crime
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Crime And Punishment
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Paperback, 1993)
£7.99
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR & LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYA troubled young man commits the perfect crime
- the murder of a vile pawnbroker
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Crime And Punishment
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Paperback, 2014)
£7.99
&A truly great translation This English version really is better&
- A N Wilson The Spectator TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF
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Crime And Punishment
In Suburbia DVD
£8.99
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Loosely based on Dostoyevski&s book & Crime & Punishment& Rob Schmidt&s film tells the story of Roseanne a young teenager who seems to have everything a gorgeous boyfriend lovely home & loving family But when her mother leaves her step-father for a local barman half her age Roseanne&s life is turned upside down & she is forced to put up with an abusive & alcoholic step-father Soon rumours start spreading around the school about her & unable to stand the abuse her step-father has been inflicting any longer she kills him However things are further complicated when her mother is accused of the murder & Roseanne finds support from Vincent a loner who has always been obsessed with her ...
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Crime And Punishment:
With Selected Excerpts
From The Notebooks For
Crime And Punishment
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
(Paperback, . ..
£3.99
Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction & Notes by Dr Keith Carabine University of Kent at Canterbury Crime & Punishment is one of the greatest & most readable novels ever written From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who against his better instincts is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder From that moment on we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing & pride of contempt for & need of others & of terrible despair & hope of redemption & in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel we follow his agonised efforts to probe & confront both his own motives for & the consequences of his crime The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence most especially our desire for self-expression & self-fulfilment as against the constraints of morality & human laws; & our agonised awareness of the world's harsh injustices & of our own mortality as against the mysteries of divine justice & immortality ...
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Crime At Christmas
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' There we were all gathered together for a Christmas party & plunged suddenly into gloom' It's Christmas at Hampstead's Beresford Lodge A group of relatives & intimate friends gather to celebrate the festive season but their party is rudely interrupted by a violent death It isn't long before a second body is discovered Can the murderer be one of those in the great house? The stockbroker sleuth Malcolm Warren investigates in this brilliantly witty mystery' Kitchin's knowledge of the crevices of human nature lifts his crime fiction out of the category of puzzledom & into the realm of the detective novel He was in short ahead of his day' H R F Keating ...
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Crime Boss DVD
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Don Vincenzo is the new crime family head but other family members & outside Mafia interests are conspiring to bring him down Telly Savalas Don Vincenzo Antonio Sabato Antonio Mancuso Paola Tedesco Monica Giuliano Persico Nicola Mancuso
- brother of Antonio Guido Lollobrigida Peppino Lo Surdo Nino Dal Fabbro Don Nino Faiena Sergio Rossi Don Turi Petral&236;a Written by Lucio Battistrada & Alberto De Martino Directed by Alberto De Martino DVD 5 PAL Colour Actors Telly Savalas Antonio Sabato Directors Alberto De Martino Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1
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Crime Fiction: A Very
Short Introduction
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Crime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles Herodotus & Shakespeare In this Very Short Introduction Richard Bradford explores the history of the genre by considering the various definitions of 'crime fiction' & looking at how it has developed over time Discussing the popularity of crime fiction worldwide & its various styles; the role that gender plays within the genre; spy fiction & legal dramas & thrillers; he explores how the crime novel was shaped by the work of British & American authors in the 18th & 19th centuries Highlighting the works of notorious authors such as Edgar Allan Poe Conan Doyle Agatha Christie & Raymond Chandler
- to name but a few
- he considers the role of the crime novel in modern popular culture & asks whether we can & whether we should consider crime fiction serious 'literature' ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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Crime And Punishment By Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2002)

A thrilling study of guilt and power the Penguin Classics edition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky&s Crime and Punishment is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff 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 This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky&s great novel rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism This edition also contains a new chronology of Dostoyevsky&s life and work Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include The Brothers Karamazov The Idiot and Demons If you enjoyed Crime and Punishment you might like Leo Tolstoy&s Anna Karenina also available in Penguin Classics
&McDuff&s language is rich and alive&The New York Times Book Review
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A thrilling study of guilt & power the Penguin Classics edition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky&s Crime & Punishment is translated with an introduction & notes by David Mc Duff Raskolnikov a destitute & desperate former student wanders through the slums of St Petersburg & 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 & mouse with Porfiry a suspicious detective Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience & 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 & trial reveal the true identity of the murderer Dostoyevsky&s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence & corruption good & evil blur & everyone&s faith in humanity is tested This vivid translation by David Mc Duff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky&s great novel rendering its dialogue with a unique force & naturalism This edition also contains a new chronology of Dostoyevsky&s life & work Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison & in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include The Brothers Karamazov The Idiot & Demons If you enjoyed Crime & Punishment you might like Leo Tolstoy&s Anna Karenina also available in Penguin Classics & Mc Duff&s language is rich & alive& The New York Times Book Review

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