Crime and Punishment (Chiltern Classics)
Don’t let the page count scare you. The riveting suspense and impossibly layered characters will keep you turning page after joyously endless page as you bandy with countless questions of philosophy. And it all starts with a single act of questionable morality. Can it be redeemed, or is guilt permanent?
Destitute ex-student Raskalnikov has murder in mind. He plots to kill an old pawnbroker, justifying the savage act by postulating that his worth to society is greater than that of his parasitic victim. A bloodhound policeman is on his trail, however, and Raskalnikov also wrestles with the torment of guilt in Dostoevsky’s mast...






















