Crime and Punishment (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

Determinedtooverreachhishumanityandasserthisuntrammelledindividualwill，Raskolnikov，andimpoverishedstudentlivingintheSt.PetersburgoftheTsars，commitsanactofmurderandtheftandsetsintomotionastorywhich，foritsexcruciatingsuspense，itsatmosphericvividness，anditsprofundityofcharacterizationandvision，isalmostunequaledintheliteraturesoftheworld.ThebestknownofDostoevsky'smasterpieces，CrimeAndPunishmentcanbearanyamountofrereadingwithoutlosingadropofitspoweroverourimagination.