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Crime and punishment (Unabridged edition)

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A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers.

A poverty-stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: the murder of a pawnbroker.

She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means? Dostoyevsky, in masterly fashion, contrasts the comedy and tragedy of life in St Petersburg with the anguish and turmoil of Raskolnikov's inner life.

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Naxos AudioBooks
1843797496 / 9781843797494
CD-Audio
891.733
02/09/2013
United Kingdom
English
Classics
17 CDs (22 hr.)
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Translated from the Russian. Read by Constantine Gregory.