Für Hobbitologen und solche, die es werden wollen: die große kommentierte Ausgabe.§Der komplette Text des "Hobbit" mit Hintergründen aus dem Tolkien-Legendarium und reichem Bildmaterial, kommentiert von Tolkien-Forscher Douglas A. Anderson.An annotated version of one of the most popular fantasy adventures of all time includes biographical and bibliographical notes, as well as linguistic data and source materials.
A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others, dilettante sleuth Sherlock Holmes was the hero of sixty stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1927. With the help of his loyal friend, Doctor Watson, Holmes brought countless crooks, thieves, swindlers, and murderers to justice. He even rose from the dead after Doyle tried to dispatch him in his twenty-fourth adventure, and readers protested.Some Sherlock Holmes stories rank among the most famous in detective fiction, among them "A Study in Scarlet," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Speckled Band," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
Pride and Prejudice is one of the most cherished love stories in English literature.Jane Austen's 1813 masterpiece has a lasting effect on everyone who reads it. The pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their union seems ever more improbable.
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style. For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions. These narrative gems, newly translated and brought together in one beautiful book, are accompanied by sumptuous new illustrations from award-winning artist Andrea Dezso. From "The Frog King" to "The Golden Key," wondrous worlds unfold--heroes and heroines are rewarded, weaker animals triumph over the strong, and simple bumpkins prove themselves not so simple after all. Esteemed fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes offers accessible translations that retain the spare description and engaging storytelling style of the originals.Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique--they reflect diverse voices, rooted in oral traditions, that are absent from the Grimms' later, more embellished collections of tales. Zipes's introduction gives important historical context, and the book includes the Grimms' prefaces and notes. A delight to read, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm presents these peerless stories to a whole new generation of readers.
One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886 and has enthralled and terrified generations of readers ever since.
Poems of Later Life Dedication Preface The Raven The Bells Ulalume To Helen Annabel Lee A Valentine An Enigma To My Mother For Annie To F—— To Frances S. Osgood Eldorado Eulalie A Dream Within a Dream To Marie Louise (Shew) To The Same The City in the Sea The Sleeper Bridal Ballad Poems of Manhood Lenore To One in Paradise The Coliseum The Haunted Palace The Conqueror Worm Silence Dreamland To Zante Hymn Scenes from Politian Poems of Youth Introduction (1831) To Science Al Aaraaf Tamerlane To Helen The Valley of Unrest Israfel To —— ("I heed not that my earthly lot") To —— ("The Bowers whereat, in dreams, I see") To the River Song Spirits of the Dead A Dream Romance Fairyland The Lake Evening Star Imitation "The Happiest Day" Hymn (Translation from the Greek) Dreams "In Youth I have known one" A Pæan Doubtful Poems Alone To Isadore The Village Street The Forest Reverie Prose Poems The Island of the Fay The Power of Words The Colloquy of Monos and Una The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Shadow—a Parable Silence—a Fable Essays The Poetic Principle The Philosophy of Composition Old English Poetry
Lewis Carroll's beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima-designed with stunning full color artwork and several interactive features. Originally published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's exquisite Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass have remained revered classics for generations. The story of Alice, an inquisitive heroine who falls through a rabbit hole and into a whimsical world, has captured the hearts of readers of all ages. Perhaps the most popular female character in English literature, Alice is accompanied on her journey of trials and tribulations by the frantic White Rabbit, the demented and terrifying Queen of Hearts, the intriguing Mad Hatter, and many other eccentric characters.Lewis Carroll's beloved companion stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are reinvented on one volume by the talented design firm MinaLima, whose fey drawings of some of Western literature's most famous characters will delight and enthrall, In addition, they have created interactive features exclusive to this edition, including: Alice with extendable legs and arms The rabbit's house which opens to reveal a giant Alice The Cheshire cat with a pull tab that removes the cat and leaves the cat's grin A flamingo croquet club that swings to hit the hedgehog A removable map of the Looking Glass worldThis keepsake illustrated edition-the sixth book in Harper Design's series of illustrated children's classics-will be treasured by for years to come.
Das Werk von Franz Kafka ist ein Klassiker der modernen Literatur schlechthin. In sein faszinierendes Erzähluniversum führen keine Abkürzungen und Hintertürchen: Man muss es ganz für sich persönlich entdecken und lesend erkunden. Ein Glück für jeden, der diese große Erfahrung vor sich hat. Dieser Band bietet dazu die beste Gelegenheit. Er umfasst Kafkas Romane "Der Prozess" und "Das Schloss", den "Brief an den Vater" sowie sämtliche Erzählungen, unter ihnen "In der Strafkolonie" und "Die Verwandlung".
Showcasing Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate, this collection presents his compelling works "White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" and selections from "The House of the Dead."
"Es war eine wundervolle Nacht, eine solche Nacht, wie sie vielleicht nur vorkommen kann, wenn wir jung sind, lieber Leser." Mit diesem Satz eröffnet Dostojewski seine Geschichte einer beginnenden Liebe, die aus der zufälligen Begegnung zwischen dem einsamen Erzähler und der jungen Nastenka entsteht. In vier Nächten offenbaren sich die beiden ihre Ängste und Sehnsüchte. Doch Nastenkas Herz gehört einem anderen. Ebenso ergreifend wie einfühlsam erzählt Dostojewskis "empfindsamer Roman" von der unerfüllten Liebe.
A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived lice
"In Narziß und Goldmund bekommen die zwei Grundformen des schöpferischen Menschen Gestalt: der Denker und der Träumer, der Herbe und der Blühende, der Klare und der Kindliche. Beide verwandt, obwohl in allem ihr Gegenspiel, beide vereinsamt, beide von Hesse gleich gerecht in ihren Vorzügen und Schwächen erkannt, gleich exakt wiedergegeben." Max Herrmann-Neiße
Illustrated throughout in black and white, this collection of Howard's historical adventures features the legendary swordswoman Dark Agnes. All stories in this volume have been restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today.
One of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia, this novel is both a graphic picture of World War II work camp life and a testimony to the human spirit. Revised reissue.
Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed. His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, John Bunyan's masterful religious allegory, narrates the journey of an everyman hero, Christian, as he attempts to navigate the trials and tribulations of this world, the City of Destruction, on the path towards paradise, the Celestial City. Though weighed down by the burden of original sin, Christian overcomes the distractions of the world, moving past the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty and the Valley of the Shadow of Death, while simultaneously resisting the temptations of the Worldy Wise, the Vain and the Ignorant. The product of a lifetime of religious work and thought, Bunyan's virtuosic narrative fundamentally altered Protestant belief, and remains one of the most important and influential works in the English language.
A stunning new translation of the classic book--and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film--brings the clarity and beauty of Kazantzakis's language and story alive. First published in 1946, Zorba the Greek, is, on one hand, the story of a Gree
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a real classic.You should grab it and read it to experience it yourself.Here's a simple plot to The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaGregor Samsa wakes up
Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics, this edition is thoroughly edited and extensively annotated, features an insightful foreword by Jay Parini and includes pictures and a comprehensive section on Melville's life and works.
Un mundo feliz es un clásico de la literatura de este siglo. Con ironía mordiente, el genial autor inglés plasma una sombría metáfora sobre el futuro, muchas de cuyas previsiones se han materializado, acelerada e inquietantemente, en los últimos a
Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and social polemic. At once a ferocious indictment of the author's era and a timeless story of coming of age, this classic has enthralled readers and inspired countless adaptations and imitations since it was first published in 1838.
Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the Man of Wrath (husband), babies, servants and (worst of all horrors) house guests.
Lively and mischievous, idle and brave, Tom Brown is both the typical boy of his time and the perennial hero celebrated by authors as diverse as Henry Fielding (in Tom Jones) and Alec Waugh (in The Loom of Youth). The book describes Tom's time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman, to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. This classic tale of a boy's schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857. In its less well-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose's College, and, in sharing his undergraduate experiences, gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century.
The Complete Caspak Series is a series of novels by the famous Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book contains all three novels; The Land That Time Forgot The People That Time Forgot Out of Time's Abyss Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bri
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 160, Publishers: The Bodleian Library, Author: Bodleian Librar Bodleian Librar, ISBN-13: 9781851246441, Date of issue: 2024
Hace diez años la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española pensó este Quijote para todos. Hoy se reedita-en edición limitada- para conmemorar los 400 años de la muerte de suautor. Los años 2015 y 2016 conforman un bienio de aniversarios cervantinos. A la celebración del IV Centenario de la publicación dela segunda parte de Don Quijote (2015), le sigue, en 2016, laconmemoración del IV Centenario de la muerte de su autor, Miguel deCervantes. Como ocurrió hace más de una década, las Academiasde la Lengua Española y la editorial Alfaguara se unen a estacelebración con la reedición de este clásico universal, que llevabasiete años fuera de las librerías. Esta edición reproduce eltexto crítico y las notas de Francisco Rico, a su vez coordinador delvolumen, y se completa con estudios de escritores y filólogos de latalla de Mario Vargas Llosa, Francisco Ayala, Martín de Riquer, JoséManuel Blecua, Guillermo Rojo, José Antonio Pascual, Margit Frenk yClaudio Guillén. Como novedad, la presente edición cuenta conun prólogo de Darío Villanueva, director de la Real Academia Española, escrito especialmente para la ocasión. La crítica hadicho...«Lo considero un libro para el siglo XXI.»Mario Vargas Llosa «Uno de los grandes acontecimientos literarios delaño.»ABC «El volumen tiene una sobria y elegantepresentación y una cuidadísima realización.»José Andrés Rojo, ElPaís
Dante's masterpiece of literature is well matched by the peerless art of Gustave Dore. Dante and his guides, Virgil and Beatrice, journey through the cantos in an allegory of the passage of the soul through the Afterlife, with the subtle engraving of Dore's illustrations perfectly complementing the movement from darkness through to light.
The must-have volume for Anne of Green Gables fans: This special edition invites readers inside the beloved story with gorgeous replicas of the characters' letters and mementos.Anne of Green Gables has been treasured by generations of dreamers and free spirits. For those who love to indulge in flights of fancy, Anne's world offers escape and inspiration. Now, your imagination can take tangible form with this deluxe edition of L. M. Montgomery's classic novel, the latest volume in the swoon-worthy Handwritten Classics series curated by Barbara Heller. Throughout these pages, you will find pockets containing replicas of thirteen items from the story recreated with charming handwriting and loving attention to historical detail. Discover the notes passed between Anne and her bosom friend Diana in the Avonlea schoolhouse; the official program of the Debating Club, where Gilbert Blythe memorably recited "Bingen on the Rhine"; and of course, Marilla's recipes for both raspberry cordial and currant wine. Each piece of ephemera transports you to idyllic Prince Edward Island. For anyone who loves Anne of Green Gables and for anyone who still cherishes the joy of paper mementos, this collector's edition will illuminate a classic story in a whole new way.
Austral conmemora el IV Centenario de la publicaci3/4n de El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha con una edici3/4n especial a cargo de Alberto Beclua y AndrÚs Pozo e ilustrada con cincuenta estampas escogidas de las mßs cÚlebres ediciones de diferentes Úpocas y paÝses.La publicaci3/4n de Don Quijote en 1605 tuvo un Úxito tan inmediato que a los tres meses se hizo una segunda edici3/4n y se tradujo enseguida a varias lenguas. Cada Úpoca a leÝdo Don Quijote de forma distinta: en su tiempo fue un libro esencialmente c3/4mico, pero el Romanticismo lo convirti3/4 en la noveala por excelencia, que plantea el enfrentamiento entre lo ideal y lo real: la libertad del ser humano frente a las trabas sociales, el mundo del espÝritu frente a la materia, la utopÝa frente al orden establecido. Sea cual sea su lectura es por su armonia y por la belleza de estilo, por las descripciones y la acertada pintura de caracteres por la amenidad y su juego narrativo, una obra maestra de la literatura universal.
First published in 1878, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is the tragic story of aristocrat Anna Karenina and her ill-fated affair with the cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Although passionately in love, the couple finds their romance doomed by the sexual mores of their time and place, and the double standards that apply to men and women. The tale's panoramic sweep and Tolstoy's colorful depiction of Russia and the European continent are virtually unparalleled in world literature.This novel, in the estimation of William Faulkner, is 'the best ever written.'Anna Karenina is one of Barnes & Noble's leatherbound classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.
The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.
Die Welt von Gestern das war aus Sicht Stefan Zweigs die bürgerliche Welt im habsburgischen Österreich, die in zwei Weltkriegen unterging. Zweig schildert das alte Wien, das Leben seiner Generation und seine eigene Biografie. Im südamerikanischen Exil, in dem er 1939-41 dieses sehr persönliche Buch niederschrieb, erreichten ihn die Schreckensmeldungen aus Hitlers Drittem Reich. Die "Welt von Gestern" war unwiederbringlich verloren doch in diesem bewegenden Buch wurde sie für die Nachwelt aufgehoben.
No home library is complete without the classics! The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection brings together the essential works from Arthur Conan Doyle in an elegant, leather-bound edition-a keepsake to be read and treasured.
Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce's last great work, it is not comprised of many borrowed styles, like Ulysses, but, rather, formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. This 'language' is based on English vocabulary and syntax but, at the same time, self-consciously designed to function as a pun machine with an astonishing capacity for resisting singularity of meaning. Announcing a 'revolution of the word', this astonishing book amounts to a powerfully resonant cultural critique - a unique kind of miscommunication which, far from stabilizing the world in meaning, constructs a universe radically unfixed by a wild diversity of possibilities and potentials.It also remains the most hilarious, 'obscene', book of innuendos ever to be imagined.
In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro,""Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection. For Hemingway fans The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.
The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature.
"A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly." -Zadie Smith§§One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years-due largely to initial audiences' rejection of its strong black female protagonist-Hurston's classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.§
Dostoyevskys masterpiece introduces a world filled with greed, passion, depravity, and complex moral issues, as three brothers become involved in the brutal murder of their own father. This edition features an Afterword by bestselling author Sara Peretsky. Revised reissue.
La primera novela de Camilo José Cela, hito en la literatura española de la posguerra. La familia de Pascual Duarte vio la luz en 1942 y tuvo un enorme impacto en el panorama literario español del momento. Primer libro de Camilo José Cela, supuso un valioso punto de partida para la narrativa española de posguerra. La vida trágica de su arquetípico protagonista, gobernada por la más salvaje violencia, era un comentario indirecto sobre la barbarie padecida por los españoles durante la recién concluida Guerra Civil, al tiempo que daba carta de naturaleza a una tendencia literaria renovadora, luego conocida como «tremendismo». La crítica ha dicho:«La tremenda historia de Pascual Duarte [...] es tan radicalmente humana que no pierde un solo instante el ritmo y la armonía de la verdad.»Gregorio Marañón «La familia de Pascual Duarte(1942) lo puso en órbita de repente. [...] Con palabras duras, metálicas, que venían a caballo de un poderoso ritmo interior, su literatura recuperaba la gran tradición del Siglo de Oro.»Manuel Vicent «Fue el primer aldabonazo serio para conectar con la novela anterior a la guerra civil.»Miguel Delibes
A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse s masterpiece of youthful rebellion with a foreword and cover art by James Franco A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse s beloved novel Demian. Emil Sinclair is a quiet boy drawn into a forbidden yet seductive realm of petty crime and defiance. His guide is his precocious, mysterious classmate Max Demian, who provokes in Emil a search for self-discovery and spiritual fulfillment. A brilliant psychological portrait, Demian is given new life in this translation, which together with James Franco s personal and inspiring foreword will bring a new generation to Hesse s widely influential coming-of-age novel. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."
This new edition celebrates the art and craft of the quintessential story of the Lost Generation. Presented by the Hemingway family with supplementary material from the Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Library, this edition provides readers with
Can't keep all your gods and goddesses straight? Wondering about mythological references in classic literature? "Bulfinch's Mythology" offers approachable accounts of ancient legends in a compilation of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, banker and Latinist. This volume includes all three of Bulfinch's original titles: "The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, " and "The Legends of Charlemagne." Bulfinch states his purpose for the book clearly: "Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature . . . who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation." This compilation was widely used as the authoritative text on mythology in schools for over a century.
Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand wird ermordet und der Erste Weltkrieg beginnt. Auch der Prager Hundehändler Josef Schwejk,obwohl von einem Militärarzt »endgültig für blöd« erklärt, gerät in die Mühlen des Militärbetriebs - ob nun im bürokratischen Irrsinn, beim Oberleutnant Lukasch oder an der Front. Mit kalkulierter und ach so sympathischer Naivität setzt sich Schwejk gegen den Unsinn des Krieges zu Wehr. Der Militärapparat wird in allen Einzelheiten par excellence vorgeführt. Jaroslav HaSek ist mit Schwejk eine einzigartige Figur in der Literatur und eine großartige Satire wider den Militarismus gelungen.
Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love, money, self-sacrifice, corruption, greed and ambition, "Old Man Goriot" is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece. A key novel in his "Comedie Humaine" series, it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution.
Follow the journey of 11-year-old orphan Anne Shirley as she grows up over the course of these six titles: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside. This beautiful, colo
Poverty-stricken and cut off from society, former law student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov leads a desolate life in a dreary little room in St Petersburg. Having abandoned all hopes of sustaining himself through work, he now obsesses over the idea of changing his fortunes through an extreme act of violence: the killing of an elderly pawnbroker. His mind baulks at the horror of his plan, but when he hears that his sister Dunya is about to agree to a loveless marriage in order to escape the advances of her employer, his disgust for the world becomes unbounded, and his feelings of rebellion and revenge push him closer and closer to the edge of the precipice. A masterpiece of psychological insight, Dostoevsky's 1866 novel features some of its author's most memorable characters - from the temperamental protagonist Raskolnikov to the amoral sensualist Svidrigailov and the immoral lawyer Luzhin. Presented here in a sparkling new translation by Roger Cockerell, Crime and Punishment is a towering work in Russian nineteenth-century fiction and a landmark of world literature.
