TY - GEN AU - Dostoevsky,Fyodor TI - Crime and punishment T2 - Penguin popular classics SN - 0140621806 (paperback) U1 - 813 PY - 1998/// CY - [S.l.] PB - Penguin Books N2 - Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption UR - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140621806/chopaconline-20 ER -