{"product_id":"crime-and-punishment-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780143107637","title":"Crime and Punishment: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A truly great translation . . . This English version . . .\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereally is better.\" --A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's \"psychological record of a crime\" gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFyodor Dostoyevsky \u003c\/b\u003e(1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer whose novels \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov \u003c\/i\u003erank among the greatest of the nineteenth century.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Ready\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is a lecturer and research fellow in Russian literature and culture at the University of Oxford. He won the Rossica Translation Prize for his translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Prussian Bride\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuri Buida and the Read Russia Prize for his translation of \u003ci\u003eBefore and During\u003c\/i\u003e by Vladimir Sharov, and he was named Inttranet's 2015 Linguist of the Year for his translation of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e. He is consultant editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e for Russia and East-Central Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZohar Lazar \u003c\/b\u003e(cover illustrator) is a frequent contributor of illustrations to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576875847954,"sku":"9780143107637","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3273c879-af9c-4ae8-a956-d0b22caf97b7.jpg?v=1731994540","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crime-and-punishment-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780143107637","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}