The Sinner And The Saint - Dostoevsky And The Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired A Masterpiece by Kevin Birmingham

The true story behind the creation of another masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. The Sinner and the Saint is the deeply researched and immersive tale of how Dostoevsky came to write this great murder story—and why it changed the world. As a young man, Dostoevsky was a celebrated writer, but his involvement with the radical politics of his day condemned him to a long Siberian exile. There, he spent years studying the criminals that were his companions. Upon his return to St. Petersburg in the 1860s, he fought his way through gambling addiction, debilitating debt, epilepsy, the deaths of those closest to him, and literary banishment to craft an enduring classic. The germ of Crime and Punishment came from the sensational story of Pierre François Lacenaire, a notorious murderer who charmed and outraged Paris in the 1830s.

Publisher:	Penguin
Year:	2021
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9781594206306
Condition:	Good
Description:	DJ; Heavy.

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SKU: 1602428
Location: Biography