With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine,University of Kent at Canterbury

陀思妥耶夫斯基是俄國著名的批判現實主義作傢。《罪與罰》是他的一部卓越的社會哲理小說，它的發錶標誌著他藝術風格的成熟。小說成功地反映農奴製改革後，資本主義的發展在俄國生活的各個方麵，探討瞭貧窮與犯罪等社會哲理問題，但小說也暴露瞭作者世界觀的全部矛盾。小說於1866年一發錶，立即引起強烈的反響，使作者獲得世界聲譽。

Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written.From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who,against his better instincts,is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder.

　　From that moment on,we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride,of contempt for and need of others,and of terrible despair and hope of redemption:and,in a remarkable transformation of the detective novel,we follow his agonised efforts to probe and confront both his own motives for,and the consequences of,his crime.

　　The result is a tragic novel built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence:most especially our desire for self-expression and self-fulfilment,as against the constraints of morality and human laws;and our agonised awareness of the world's harsh injustices and of our own mortality,as against the mysteries of divine justice and immortality.

Book Description

Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

"Crime and Punishment", based on Dostoevsky's own experience of the justice and penal system of Tsarist Russia, is a dark tale set in the dingy streets of St Petersburg, concerning the actions of a murderer who decides to commit homicide as a matter of principle.

Book Dimension :

length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6