Crime and Punishment

Its a cheap print. Looks like pirated Version. The book cover doesn't match shown here.

Nothing but praise for the book and the author. But the seller displayed a different cover than what I received. Worn out and cheap thin papers. Untrustworthy

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i ordered this book along with 2 others and i noticed that this book was damaged. the book was good but when i first received it pages 549 and 551 were attached together and folded into the book. When i opened the book up to those pages they were folded together and i had to cut the pages apart. When i looked at the cover i noticed creases through the spine (probably because it looks used) and they were damaged a bit from the top and bottom area. i purchased this book mainly for the cover as it was different and looked good but i recommend purchasing from a different source.

I thought the writing or maybe the translation sucked. Maybe im just stupid. But the quality of the book is good amd all that. No issues there

Crime and Punishment is a beautiful but a grim story of Rodion Romanovitch Raskalnikov, an impoverished student who had to interrupt his studies for poverty. Young Raskalnikov is a man of philosophic temper and thinks there are ordinary people who are (to be) governed by law and extraordinary people, like Napoleon, who have a right to transgress, at least for the good of the humanity. He writes a brilliant article delineating his philosophy. But he is living in rags and can't continue giving lessons in such wretched condition. He kills Alyova Ivanovna, an old pawnbroker who charges extortionary interest, and her sister Lisaveta who incidentally and unexpectedly arrives at the scene of crime, because he thinks it is good for humanity. The rest of the story is a psychological study of his conduct as he tries to hide his crime from police who have a strong suspicion of his crime. He is almost out of his mind after the murder. His friend and doctor both think he has gone mad. He fails to collect cash from his victim's room after the murder. He faints at the mere mention of the murder when he is summoned to police office for recovery of room rent on which he has defaulted. He comes in contact with some of the police personnel who happen to be acquaintances of his friend Razumihin and almost betrays his secrets included how he hid the few valueables he looted. He remains tense and alternates between clear faculties and insanity. Finally when it is clear that police is likely to arrest him anytime, he confesses even though he knows that police doesn't have enough proof to get a court conviction, particularly because another suspect has already confessed. He is convicted and sent to prison in Siberia where Sonya follows him. His charcter is enigmatic like Monalisa smile and it is difficult to conclude if he has truly repented or continues to justify his theory and his entitlement to transgress law. There are some sub plots. He is benevolent and helps the family of a poor acquaintance who has died in road accident by giving all the money he received from his mother for funeral arrangements. He rescues his sister from two middle aged rich suitors, one (Petrovich) whose matrimonial proposal she has accepted to help her mother and brother and the second (Svidrigailov) who had evil designs on her when she was his house governess and later again when his wife died. He encourages his sister into relationship and marriage with his friend Razumihin. The novel easily counts among the all-time best.

Hej! boken var bra och fint, jag köpte den som present till min dotter. Jag hade läst den för många år sen när jag var 18 och tyckte att den var otroligt bra gjort.