The Karamazov brothers: novel

`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...

Furst Myschkin leidet an Epilepsie. Seiner Krankheit, mehr noch seiner Gute und Bescheidenheit wegen gilt er als "Idiot" und gerat unversehens in die Fange der intriganten St. Petersburger Gesellschaft. Es beginnt ein Drama um Liebe, Mord und die Zerstoru ....

Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love...

Один из наиболее известных во всем мире романов Ф. М. Достоевского, последнее и самое объемное его произведение, отсылающее к вневременным нравственно-философским темам греха, сострадания, воздаяния. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.

Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.

The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact revenge on an officer who has shown him disrespect and a dramatic encounter with a prostitute.