{"product_id":"9781411432017","title":"Crime and Punishment (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Few authors have been as personally familiar with desperation as \u003cb\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/b\u003e, and none have been so adept at describing it. \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e—the novel that heralded the author’s period of masterworks—tells the story of the poor and talented student Raskolnikov, a character of unparalleled psychological depth and complexity. Raskolnikov reasons that men like himself, by virtue of their intellectual superiority, can and must transcend societal law. To test his theory, he devises the perfect crime—the murder of a spiteful pawnbroker living in St. Petersburg. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn one of the most gripping crime stories of all time, Raskolnikov soon realizes the folly of his abstractions. Haunted by vivid hallucinations and the torments of his conscience, he seeks relief from his terror and moral isolation—first from Sonia, the pious streetwalker who urges him to confess, then in a tense game of cat and mouse with Porfiry, the brilliant magistrate assigned to the murder investigation. A \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of suspense, \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e delineates the theories and motivations that underlie a bankrupt morality. \u003cb\u003ePriscilla Meyer \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut. She published \u003ci\u003eFind What the Sailor Has Hidden\u003c\/i\u003e, the first monograph on Vladimir Nabokov’s \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, and edited the first English translation of Andrei Bitov’s collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eLife in Windy Weather\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138297413872,"sku":"9781411432017","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411432017_p0.jpg?v=1763725324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411432017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}