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