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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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4.17 (18 reviews)
Pages
644

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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Tipperj

Sep 24th, 2024

Polilla-Lynn

Jan 21st, 2019

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.

forline

Dec 31st, 2017

Murfville

Aug 27th, 2017

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

hauerfarm

Jul 8th, 2016

Aaron Sztrakoniczky

Jun 1st, 2016

Very rewarding !

bryanoz

Jun 23rd, 2015

Trappalapp

Jan 26th, 2015

notathreatinsight

Dec 30th, 2014

acpac2004

Jul 25th, 2014

jwk

jwk

Apr 26th, 2014

laros76

Mar 20th, 2014

SCaballero54

Oct 17th, 2013

Troubling and moving, all the greatness of Dostoievsky.

Keith

Jul 30th, 2013

aola

Jul 21st, 2013

yogagirl777

May 7th, 2013

ivana037

Apr 3rd, 2013

TheUberKevlar

Feb 15th, 2013

Terrifying and enthralling.