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| Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: F.m. Dostoevsky
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 5180
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 1840224304
EAN: 9781840224306
ASIN: 1840224304
Publication Date: September 12, 2000
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 Amazing then, Amazing now July 30, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
So many books that you are 'supposed' to read, and 'supposed' to like are in reality frighteningly dull. There's probably a good moral behind them, but you are yawning too much to really see it.
Crime and Punishment, however, is a rarity - it is a page-turner. Raskolnikov's crime, and his subsequent punishment, keep you gripped right from the start. Dostoevsky's morals of the book are always close to the surface, but do not get in the way of a fantastic read.
The usual collection of bizarre and fascinating characters are all here, and so are the easily recognisable emotions. The feeling of somebody having done something so bad that he can't talk to anybody, including his mother, is probably universal and perfectly captured here.
Raskolnikov's megalomania, and obsession with wanting to be a 'Napoleon' figure will also chime with many of those who read it today, especially those of a similar age (mid 20s).
This particular translation is considered the classic version, though there is not much to call between it and many others. However, there is a good introduction to some of the themes of the book that make it a good buy.
Percy Keating June 13, 2006
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
Warning. Although this book is a complete masterpiece, I have given it full rating, it is a very dangerous read. Books dramatically change our mind set for weeks and months after reading them. This book explores the very darkest side of the human mind.
Be careful with this. You may not wish to leave the house for a few days. You may sit, reflect and stare with sinister precision at the drawn curtains, although it could be midday.
Excellent book for cynics, and young people who want to seriously warp their blissful existance that is yet to come alive. This book may crush you. Until reading it, you may have been unaware that you have lived, breathed or had any function other than to be useless and passive.
This book reminds me in many ways of the work of Henry Miller. One finds oneself scraping through the streets for months on end not really knowing or caring about anything like one used to. This book will change your mind. The world is seperated by those who have read the works of Dostoevsky and those that lead equally sinister, selfish but somewhat ignorant lives.
This book will remind us of our friends, our enemies and ourselves.
What A book.... March 15, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dostoyevsky is a genius. His accurate and coherent description of the human psyche has truly mesmerised me. This is in my opinion not a page turner, though very readable, but a book with plenty of quality to savour.... a book that offers the chance of deep reflection into one’s inner motives.... Those of us who have never committed a crime (as in killing another human being) can still relate to Raskolnikov’s inner struggle. I absolutely loved it.
 Crime and Punishment February 8, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
You can feel the austerity of Dostoevsky's bleak St Petersburg on every page of this low budget reproduction.
Briilliant November 21, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is unputdownable! I read this having read the shorter Notes from The Underground also written by Dostoevsky which I thoroughly enjoyed. In terms of tone and theme this is similar, but the story is more involved. I must admit the title sounds a little uninspiring, but don't be fooled by that!
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