Crime and Punishment
Author
Original Work
Translator
Editor
David McDuff
Foreword / Afterword
David McDuff
Language
Year
2003
Publisher
Country
United Kingdom
Pages
671
ISBN
0140449132
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read 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. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky’s great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. This edition also includes a new chronology of Dostoyevsky’s life and work.— Google Books
Press Reviews
- The Guardianby AS Byatt · Jun 2004
<p>A superb new translation of The Idiot reveals some unexpected facets of Dostoevsky's hero, AS Byatt finds.</p>
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