Crime and Punishment
Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · November 1, 2012
One of the world's greatest novels, Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder and its consequences—an unparalleled tale of suspense set in the midst of nineteenth-century Russia's troubled transition to the modern age.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense, inward-looking novel where a belief in moral exemption meets unbearable consequences.
- Genres
- 19th-Century Russian Fiction, Crime Fiction, Psychological Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, November 1, 2012
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One of the world's greatest novels, Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder and its consequences—an unparalleled tale of suspense set in the midst of nineteenth-century Russia's troubled transition to the modern age. In the slums of czarist St. Petersburg lives young Raskolnikov, a sensitive, intellectual student. The poverty he has always known drives him to believe that he is exempt from moral law.
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But when he puts this belief to the test and commits murder, there results unbearable suffering. Crime and punishment, the novel reminds us, "grow from the same seed."
Moral Reckoning
A tense, inward-looking novel where a belief in moral exemption meets unbearable consequences.
Come here for
- A murder’s consequences tangled with questions of moral law
- A suspenseful story rooted in nineteenth-century Russia
Expect
- Suspense shaped by psychological and moral conflict
- A sustained read set amid Russia’s troubled transition to modernity
Where it sits
| 19th-Century Russian Fiction | 90% |
|---|---|
| Psychological Fiction | 59% |
| Crime Fiction | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 1, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- The Classics