Crime and Punishment
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781449873325 (1449873324)
Publish date: March 28th 2011
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Philosophy,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Crime
A challenging read which plumbs psychological depths and questions the morality underpinning 'crime and punishment'. I found the brutal killing and attendant emotional turmoil both disturbing and fascinating in equal measure and the abundant food for thought truly marks this book out as a classic.
Wow, that was pretty intense. The classic Russian authors were very dialogue heavy, and through translation that makes the writing a bit awkward I feel. Of course, I was reading an older translation in which everything was "Capital! I daresay!". Furthermore, I do not speak Russian and so the common ...