
Crime and Punishment
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Don Warrington
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Don Warrington, known for his roles in Death in Paradise and The Five as well as his multiple Shakespearean performances. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Oliver Ready.
Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2014.
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.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow and made his name in 1846 with the novella Poor Folk. He spent several years in prison in Siberia as a result of his political activities, an experience which formed the basis of The House of the Dead. In later life, he fell in love with a much younger woman and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. His subsequent great novels include Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov.
Oliver Ready is Research Fellow in Russian Society and Culture at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is general editor of the anthology, The Ties of Blood: Russian Literature from the 21st Century (2008) and Consultant Editor for Russia, Central and Eastern Europe at the Times Literary Supplement.
Translation Copyright: Oliver Ready 2014.
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Critic reviews
"A truly great translation.... This English version really is better." (A. N. Wilson, The Spectator)
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Masterpiece
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Reading long classics is very hard for me
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Narration too quiet and muffled
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Don warrington is a king
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I used to assume Crime and Punishment is great but dull or inaccessible. Mr. Warrington’s rendition now proves how wrong I have been.
Brothers Karamazov is my next book to explore. Unfortunately, I haven’t come across a version featuring Don Warrington.
A masterpiece performed by a marvelous reader
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dostoevsky improved. good translation.
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A crucial text, but...
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A Classic Finished
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The narration by actor Don Warrington is often hard to understand. He speaks in a half-whisper much of the time. A hoarse whisper with very soft (inaudible) consonants. He doesn't attempt to have different 'voices' for different characters.
A welcome new translation.
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The narration was great except it was much quieter than other books, and my volume was on full blast on my vehicle and on my phone. aaaaaaand slightly muffled.
A great idea would be to have the listener be able to control treble, mid, and bass, for when the recording isn't quite what it should be.
Awesome!
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