Crime And Punishment: A Riveting Psychological Thriller Social Critique Russian Literature Psychological Exploration of Guilt and Redemption Gripping Tale of Crime, Conscience, and Punishment

First thing of note, the ‘leather’ material is a soft touch type feel with a slight texture to it. Also doesn’t leave scratch marks easily like some other soft type leathers. The foil seems planted and vibrant, especially against the red background. Paper isn’t exactly smooth, it has a grainy type of texture to it. Font is a large enough and nothing is misprinted, blotchy or uneven etc. I got this on sale for £14, so, can’t complain. Retail price is £25 and I can honestly say I would pay the retail price for this particular Wilco book. It’s a great alternative, or ‘match’ in theme with the Barnes and Noble leather bound series. Which retail for around £25-35. Though they are better quality in many areas over the Wilco, finding the Crime and Punishment version in Barnes and noble is almost impossible, or overpriced - this is a great alternative.

This is another classic novel that I enjoyed very much. I would never have read in book form but it seemed do-able on the e-reader. I found the names of the characters muddling and think that if I had learned even elementary Russian I would understand something more about the names and places. The story is very detailed Dostoevskisy does not shrink at all from "telling it like it is", except he doesn't give any detail about people's sex lives. The psychology is quite apparent and is partly what makes the story so long. If you had been putting off reading some of the classics - give this one a go. It was a good £00.38p's worth, and would keep you going through several train journeys..........

Crime and Punishment is set in Russia in the 1800's. It is written from the perspective of the protagonist Raskolnikov; a young student. Despite its reputation as being hard going, I found it easy to read and impossible to put down. Due to financial hardship and circumstance Raskolnikov commits murder. Russia was economically and politically unstable at the time of writing and one of the greatest arguments in favor of socialism is that, if people were equal would crime be eliminated? Would the reason for acting criminally no longer exist? The novel spreads this message, without focusing politics as a major theme. Drawing upon the writings of Marx and Engels, Russia became Communist in 1917 under Lenin, succeeded by Stalin after Lenin's death in 1925. As the title suggests the crime - one man murdering another and; punishment - the guilt, paranoia, mental deterioration and then incarceration are the major themes, the content of the entire novel. Other plot-lines such as romance take a significant back seat. Love does indeed suffer as a consequence of the crime, part of the punishment I guess. A tale of love, justice, psychology and suffering; this is a wonderful read, and despite what Willy Mason says, you should read Dostoevsky at your age.

Dostoyevsky at his best. A classic piece of literature, which - to be honest - takes some reading. The level of detail sometimes has one tuning out but that's no blight on the work and/or the author. I tend to find myself zoning out more in thought and reflection on the basis of the detail and picture painted by the author, which is credit to Dostoyevsky. One is transported to the bleak scenes and primitive sense of living in Petersburg at this time, which is so poignantly painted along with the feelings of the characters. Despite the heinous crime committed by the lead character, Dostoyevskys fashion of writing has you feeling empathy for him throughout. That's powerful.

A long read but a rewarding one, great book.

In my experience, all "great" fiction works on more than one level, and continues to compel readers' attention for many decades after it was written - something I certainly found true of Crime and Punishment. Other reviewers have said how gripping the story of Raskolnikov is. He is a psychopath of a type familiar from a thousand 20th and 21st century thrillers, in print and on screen. I could well believe that Hitchcock read this book and learned from it, because the build-up of tension is Hitchcockian. Nabakov was not a fan of Dostoevsky, thinking him a bit of a bore and an eccentric - and not a particularly accomplished writer. Humbly, I have to disagree. As well as being a brilliant psychological drama, it's a critique of Russian society and the intellectual climate in the 1860s, just a few years after the emancipation of the serfs, when ideas like nihilism were in the air. If Raskolnikov had 'lived' 60 years later, he might have found a focus for his life in Bolshevism. Although that, as we know, might have involved him in mass-murder, or even genocide as one of Stalin's henchmen, rather than the single murder he commits in Crime and Punishment.

It doesn't reach the heights of Brothers Karamazov, and perhaps isn't as strong as Demons... but this is a pivotal book and required reading. I read Dostoyevsky's collection in my adolescence, at a perfect time. I took away so much from these novels, and perhaps more from this one than all the others (despite, as aforementioned, thinking BK and maybe even Demons are better). If you want to read a very philosophical story about a man who suffers an extreme moral conundrum after committing a dreadful act, then look no further.

I am not sure what went wrong, but I purchased Kindle version, only to find out that I am actually reading The Brothers Karamazov. I keep reading it, as I like Dostoyevski's books, but if you want to read Crime and Punishment, the Kindle version is definitely not this book. 🙃😀

I’m still a new to reading novels, so my opinion may change in the future, but I have say that for one of my first novels to read I feel like I’ve read a master piece! How the characters in the novel are written, makes them feel real and connectable to. The description of the characters, their personalities and the places where events happened is very likable as well. The way I can hear the characters’ thoughts made me sometime feel like I was the person living and thinking that way, as if I were them! onetime I even felt almost going crazy as one of the characters was going crazy! It is in the psychological genre and it does a great job at it, but I would advise to stay away from it if you’re not fond of that genre. As a last note, as a non English native speaker the novel was a little hard to read(I needed to use the translator a couple of times). TLDR; I felt like I read a master piece. It was enjoyable, makes you feel like you are the character him/her self, the way the characters and their thoughts are presented is fantastic and makes them connectable to and makes the reader able to understand them. I liked it a lot, I definitely recommend it to anyone into the psychological genre.

Great reading A classic

中学生の時に翻訳版を読んでいます。当時は主人公の「1つの罪は100の善行によって償われる」という考えに唸りました。主人公を応援する心情で読んだものでしたが、今再び読んでみて主人公の傲慢さ、というかただの精神病じゃないかと……。主人公には嫌悪を感じました。大体、綿密に計画し信念のもとに行っているはずなのに肝心のお金はとってこれず、思い切り体調まで崩して情緒すら不安定で。実行前の雄々しさはどこに？まあ主人公がめちゃくちゃな反面、ラズミーヒンの献身が目を引きヒーローとして見守れたのは良かったです。

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A timeless story of descent, murder, guilt, compassion, and redemption. This is a book to be read and pondered. Definitely take notes on the Russian names. The dialogue sections are quite amazing.