{"product_id":"book-dgt0","title":"Crime and Punishment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Penguin Classic is performed by Don Warrington, known for his roles in \u003ci\u003eDeath in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Five\u003c\/i\u003e as well as his multiple Shakespearean performances. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Oliver Ready.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly great translation . . . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslation copyright (c) Oliver Ready 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49373018521904,"sku":"BDdgt0","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dgt0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769761742","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dgt0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}