Title | : | Crime and Punishment (Abridged) |
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Author | : | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Release | : | 2005-06-16 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | Fiction |
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1 | Crime and Punishment (Abridged) | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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. |