Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Crime and Punishment

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrator: Alex Jennings

Abridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/16/2005

Synopsis

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.

About The Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most of his important works were written after 1864, including Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on April 15, 2020

Well, what’s a global pandemic for if you don’t read the stuff you think you really ought to have read by now. Although I hope this strange circumstance will not result in me referring to Fyodor Dostoyevsky as The Corona Guy. Those yet to read this towering inferno of literature may wish to know what......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on January 26, 2019

I've come to the conclusion that Russian door-stoppers might just be where it's at. "It" here meaning general awesomeness that combines history, philosophy and readability to make books that are both thought-provoking and enjoyable. Up until this point, Tolstoy had basically taught me everything I k......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 06, 2015

What can I add to 7000+ reviews (at the time I write)? I think this book is fascinating because of all the topic it covers. Like the OJ trial, it is about many important interconnected things and those things remain important today, even though this book was originally published in 1865. Sure, it has......more

Goodreads review by Geoff on February 21, 2008

I basically had to stop drinking for a month in order to read it; my friends no longer call. But it's great.......more

Goodreads review by Tola on April 20, 2024

I finally said my goodbyes to this book. It was the best piece i've ever read.......more

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