“A truly great translation??. . .??This English version . . . really is better.”??—A. N. Wilson，??The Spectator This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky’s “psychological record of a crime” gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality， expressing its jagged， staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov， a destitute and desperate former student， wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg， deliriously imagining himself above society’s laws. But when he commits a random murder， only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator， Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya， a downtrodden prostitute， can offer the chance of redemption. For more than sixty-five years， Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1，500??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 disti...