Crime and Punishment (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Great book Nice print

This is another classic novel that I enjoyed very much. I would never have read in book form but it seemed do-able on the e-reader. I found the names of the characters muddling and think that if I had learned even elementary Russian I would understand something more about the names and places. The story is very detailed Dostoevskisy does not shrink at all from "telling it like it is", except he doesn't give any detail about people's sex lives. The psychology is quite apparent and is partly what makes the story so long. If you had been putting off reading some of the classics - give this one a go. It was a good £00.38p's worth, and would keep you going through several train journeys..........

Very good hardback quality

Crime and Punishment is set in Russia in the 1800's. It is written from the perspective of the protagonist Raskolnikov; a young student. Despite its reputation as being hard going, I found it easy to read and impossible to put down. Due to financial hardship and circumstance Raskolnikov commits murder. Russia was economically and politically unstable at the time of writing and one of the greatest arguments in favor of socialism is that, if people were equal would crime be eliminated? Would the reason for acting criminally no longer exist? The novel spreads this message, without focusing politics as a major theme. Drawing upon the writings of Marx and Engels, Russia became Communist in 1917 under Lenin, succeeded by Stalin after Lenin's death in 1925. As the title suggests the crime - one man murdering another and; punishment - the guilt, paranoia, mental deterioration and then incarceration are the major themes, the content of the entire novel. Other plot-lines such as romance take a significant back seat. Love does indeed suffer as a consequence of the crime, part of the punishment I guess. A tale of love, justice, psychology and suffering; this is a wonderful read, and despite what Willy Mason says, you should read Dostoevsky at your age.

This book isn’t even Crime and Punishment - it’s The Brothers Karamazov with the wrong front cover!

First thing of note, the ‘leather’ material is a soft touch type feel with a slight texture to it. Also doesn’t leave scratch marks easily like some other soft type leathers. The foil seems planted and vibrant, especially against the red background. Paper isn’t exactly smooth, it has a grainy type of texture to it. Font is a large enough and nothing is misprinted, blotchy or uneven etc. I got this on sale for £14, so, can’t complain. Retail price is £25 and I can honestly say I would pay the retail price for this particular Wilco book. It’s a great alternative, or ‘match’ in theme with the Barnes and Noble leather bound series. Which retail for around £25-35. Though they are better quality in many areas over the Wilco, finding the Crime and Punishment version in Barnes and noble is almost impossible, or overpriced - this is a great alternative.

Downloaded for free for the Kindle and thought worth a read. Quite long and heavy but got into the novel and enjoyed it. Not a cheerful book but paints a picture of poverty and Russian life. As others have said the themes and descriptions still relate today, but is not "modern dress" in any way. The underlying theme is indeed "crime and punishment" and this is dealt with in many ways. Why kill, and can this ever be justified? How a guilty man gives himself away. One is always "punished" even if not caught, and in many ways being free but guilty is worse than death - the torment of the guilty man can only be helped by going to prison, which is a form of healing. Well I have read it and ticked it off the list. Not my idea of light holiday reading but glad I read it. Will now read some trash thriller to cheer myself up!

In my experience, all "great" fiction works on more than one level, and continues to compel readers' attention for many decades after it was written - something I certainly found true of Crime and Punishment. Other reviewers have said how gripping the story of Raskolnikov is. He is a psychopath of a type familiar from a thousand 20th and 21st century thrillers, in print and on screen. I could well believe that Hitchcock read this book and learned from it, because the build-up of tension is Hitchcockian. Nabakov was not a fan of Dostoevsky, thinking him a bit of a bore and an eccentric - and not a particularly accomplished writer. Humbly, I have to disagree. As well as being a brilliant psychological drama, it's a critique of Russian society and the intellectual climate in the 1860s, just a few years after the emancipation of the serfs, when ideas like nihilism were in the air. If Raskolnikov had 'lived' 60 years later, he might have found a focus for his life in Bolshevism. Although that, as we know, might have involved him in mass-murder, or even genocide as one of Stalin's henchmen, rather than the single murder he commits in Crime and Punishment.

I’m still a new to reading novels, so my opinion may change in the future, but I have say that for one of my first novels to read I feel like I’ve read a master piece! How the characters in the novel are written, makes them feel real and connectable to. The description of the characters, their personalities and the places where events happened is very likable as well. The way I can hear the characters’ thoughts made me sometime feel like I was the person living and thinking that way, as if I were them! onetime I even felt almost going crazy as one of the characters was going crazy! It is in the psychological genre and it does a great job at it, but I would advise to stay away from it if you’re not fond of that genre. As a last note, as a non English native speaker the novel was a little hard to read(I needed to use the translator a couple of times). TLDR; I felt like I read a master piece. It was enjoyable, makes you feel like you are the character him/her self, the way the characters and their thoughts are presented is fantastic and makes them connectable to and makes the reader able to understand them. I liked it a lot, I definitely recommend it to anyone into the psychological genre.

This deluxe hardbound edition of "Crime and Punishment" is absolutely beautiful - gold-embossed cover, thick cream pages, and a ribbon bookmark. It's the kind of edition that makes you want to slow down and savor every page, which is exactly what Dostoevsky deserves. And what a novel this is. I'd read it years ago in college and remember finding it heavy going, but returning to it as an adult was a completely different experience. Raskolnikov's psychological unraveling after committing murder is one of the most intense character studies I've ever encountered. The guilt, the fever dreams, the cat-and-mouse game with Porfiry - it's absolutely gripping. What surprised me most was how modern it feels. The existential questions Dostoevsky wrestles with - about morality, suffering, redemption, and what makes us human - are as relevant today as they were in 1866. And despite the darkness, there's genuine compassion throughout, especially in the character of Sonia. The translation in this edition is excellent and very readable. The binding is solid and the typesetting is clean and generous, making it easy on the eyes for such a substantial read. If you're going to read this masterpiece, do it right with this edition. It's an heirloom-quality book that does justice to one of literature's greatest psychological thrillers. Absolutely worth every penny.

Great reading A classic

中学生の時に翻訳版を読んでいます。当時は主人公の「1つの罪は100の善行によって償われる」という考えに唸りました。主人公を応援する心情で読んだものでしたが、今再び読んでみて主人公の傲慢さ、というかただの精神病じゃないかと……。主人公には嫌悪を感じました。大体、綿密に計画し信念のもとに行っているはずなのに肝心のお金はとってこれず、思い切り体調まで崩して情緒すら不安定で。実行前の雄々しさはどこに？まあ主人公がめちゃくちゃな反面、ラズミーヒンの献身が目を引きヒーローとして見守れたのは良かったです。

Good book