false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175612569m/535019.jpg 28348 325 “This fresh, new translation…provides a more exact, idiomatic and contemporary rendition of the novel that brings Fyodor Dostoevsky’s tale achingly alive…It succeeds beautifully.” – <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br><br>It is a murder story, told from a murderer's point of view, that implicates even the most innocent reader in its enormities. It is a cat-and-mouse game between a tormented young killer and a cheerfully implacable detective. It is a preternaturally acute investigation of the forces that impel a man toward sin, suffering, and grace.<br><br>Ever since its publication in 1866, <i>Crime and Punishment</i> has intrigued readers and sorely tested translators, the best of whom seemed to capture one facet of Dostoevsky's masterpiece while missing the rest. Now Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky render this elusive and wildly innovative novel with an energy, suppleness, and range of voice that do full justice to the genius of its creator.<br><br>“Reaches as close to Dostoevsky’s Russian as is possible in English…the original’s force and frightening immediacy is captured…The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version.” – <i>Chicago Tribune</i> 7830518 2001 total:9999|5:4793|4:3260|3:1405|2:376|1:165| 9999 42137 13542 898 5 28 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 13:32:23 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:14:01 -0800 2009

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--Damn! I felt Raskolnikov's anxiety. I resented his mother when he did and I loved her when he did. I felt sick at the thought of Luzhin or Svidrigailov getting their hooks in dear Dunya (shout out to Dunya!) I wanted Porfiry ...more...]]> 5 9 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1972 Sun Nov 16 16:38:56 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 30 18:19:26 -0700 2009 Crime and Punishment, probably the work he is best known for.

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In the act of reading the novel, you...more...]]> 4 5 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 05 09:16:23 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 14 21:26:29 -0700 2009 I don't really mind reading this at all! Seriously! So why, once I put it aside to read several other books, can I not muster the energy to finish this dreary masterpiece? I love Russian novels. They make me want to curl up by a fireplace or sit in a coffee shop for several thous...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Apr 18 15:56:13 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 17:44:51 -0700 2008 Notes From Underground. The storytelling is captivating. The characterization of life in St. Petersburg is superb, and the final two dream sequences color the narrative with an ethereal passion unlike anything else I've read.

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Also, 320 editions on GoodReads and not the one I'm reading? Unfair. JUSTICE! It's a theme. I think.

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Crime and Punishment was on my personal to-read list for a long time. I was really excited to read more of Dostoevksy since Notes from the Underground is one of my all time favorite books. On top of that people had personall...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 04 04:51:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 05:10:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 16 10:54:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 06:37:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1982 Wed Aug 01 16:04:36 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 16:04:36 -0700 2007
When I read this for the second time in college, I remember thinking, this story reminds me of ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 21:54:47 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 22:49:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 14:52:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 15:37:00 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 20 01:05:01 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 15:45:47 -0700 2009 I don't know what it is about russian literature (and especially Dostoevsky) but it's darkness only adds to it's magnificence. The delirious characterisation, the insecurities, the tension of the murderer being c...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Dec 27 13:27:58 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 13:36:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 15:43:04 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 05:03:35 -0700 2008 Crimen y castigo se ha visto completamente condicionada p...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 14:10:52 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 17:38:39 -0700 2009
I've been trying to think of something meaningful to say. One thing is for certain, as Jonathan has pointed out: Dostoevsky doesn't like it when people think too much. But beyond this, what conclusions can be drawn? Any conclusions one might draw also have an a...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:05:24 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:09:57 -0700 2008 first time more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Feb 14 22:35:14 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 22:35:14 -0800 2008 I tried to read this in highschool in one of the Constance Garnett translations and good goddamn was it horrible! Tepid, murky, ashy, turgid.

Then I was assigned this for a class in college and it blew me away. Pevear/ Volokhonsky brought out the fire and the passion and the diren...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=535019