Status
Available
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Publication
Royce Publishers, Quick Reader #114 (1944), Edition: Illustrated Edition
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is one of the world's first psychological thrillers. A mesmerizing detective story with an intriguing and multifarious central character, Crime and Punishment hinges on the ethical dilemmas and angst of the student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov who plans and implements the murder of a ruthless pawnbroker. Rodion convinces himself that in killing her he will both solves his financial problems and divests the world of a wicked leech. But can he commit a murder and escape all consequences?.
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — 2009)
Prix Langlois (1964)
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Fiction — 1999)
Haycraft Queen Cornerstones (1866)
Julian Symons' 100 Best Crime Stories (1866 — 1886)
Hungarian Big Read (34)
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Original publication date
1866