Part of Penguins beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series; designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith; these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality; colourful; tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 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 Porfiry; a suspicious detective; 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. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer; Dostoyevskys dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption; good and evil; blur and everyones faith in humanity is tested.