Book :: Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pages: 644
Published: 1866
Genre(s): Russia
Crime
Philosophy
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Could an ordinary person, with no hint of malice and no motive but discovering what it feels like to do it, plot to kill and then actually murder a total stranger? What if the stranger were a thoroughly unlikable person hated by everyone who came into contact with her? One of the great novels of world literature, Crime and Punishment is a thriller of the conscience, one that wrangles with...

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Polilla-Lynn Polilla-Lynn

This is one of those long classics, but I listened to it through Audible.com and it was made enjoyable by Anthony Heald who did a fantastic performance of it. A man commits a horrible crime and suffers for it throughout the rest of the story, anguishing over his secret, always fearful of being discovered.

Jan 21st, 2019

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Murfville Murfville

Had to really force myself to buckle down and push through ugg

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Aaron Sztrakoniczky Aaron Sztrakoniczky

Very rewarding !

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SCaballero54 SCaballero54

Troubling and moving, all the greatness of Dostoievsky.

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Terrifying and enthralling.

Feb 15th, 2013

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22nd on The Novel 100 by Daniel S. Bert

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66th on 100 Novels Everyone Should Read by Telegraph

60th on The Big Read by BBC

32nd on Top 100 Books by Harvard Book Store