Crime and Punishment Royal Collectors Edition Case Laminate... 9781774378564

Crime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov an impoverished exstudent in St Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash Raskolnikov in attempts to defend his actions argues that with the pawnbrokers money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime while ridding the world of a vermin He also commits the murder to test a theory of his that dictates some people are naturally capable of such actions and even have the right to perform themSeveral times throughout the novel Raskolnikov compares himself with Napoleon Bonaparte and shares his belief that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose Dostoyevskys literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political social and spiritual atmosphere of 19th century Russia Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literatureThis case laminate collectors edition includes a Victorian inspired dustjacketampnbsp