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 Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, F.M. |
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Brief Description 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. |
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Prizes Won By This Title (See the awards link at the top of the page for other prize winners) Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. |
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Author Profile Born in Moscow, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was the author of such classics as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Together, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated Dostoevsky's Dead Souls, Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov, for which they were awarded the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. Their translation of The Collected Tales by Nikolai Gogol is also published by Granta Books. |
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