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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. It is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience, and yet there are moments of wild humour. This authoritative translation comes with a challenging new introduction and helpful annotation.

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Seneca's major contribution to Stoicism was to spiritualize and humanize a system which could appear cold and unrealistic.