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After the impoverished student Raskolnikov commits a murder, justifying it with higher goals, his inner remorse, the psychological pressure of the investigator, and love subject him to a moral transformation.
A masterpiece of Russian and world literature, the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is presented in this 1952 edition by the Zora publishing house, in a classic, anthological translation by Isa Velikanović. The plot follows former student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, who in St. Petersburg forms a theory about "exceptional individuals" who are allowed to violate moral and legal norms for the sake of higher social goals. Guided by this idea, he kills an old moneylender and her sister, but soon falls into a severe psychological crisis, a struggle with his own conscience and haunting loneliness.
Through a tense psychological duel between Raskolnikov and the lucid investigator Porfiry Petrovich, as well as through an encounter with the selfless and pious Sonya Marmeladova, the novel deeply analyzes the themes of guilt, suffering, human pride and spiritual resurrection. Velikanović's translation is distinguished by its exceptional linguistic purity, richness of expression, and faithful transmission of the specific polyphonic atmosphere and philosophical and emotional depth of Dostoevsky. This edition represents an indispensable testimony to the domestic translation tradition and a superb example for school and home libraries.
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