Pevear and Volokhonksky's groundbreaking translation of Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny, and self-destruction, now in a new Bickford-Smith designed clothbound edition
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardcover Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as "flawless," "Anna Karenina" tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and...

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. It focuses on moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.

New 6x9 inch paperback edition. Considered by many to be the first existentialist novel, "Notes from Underground" is an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator-the underground man. The first part attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's "What Is to Be Done?" The second part describes events that are destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man.

New 6x9 inch paperback edition. Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Crime and Punishment, believes he can rationalize murder without guilt and the story follows this journey from arrogance to repentance and the burden he must carry symbolized by the cross given to him by Sonya. The mental anguish and moral dilemmas expressed in the dialogue, and Raskolnikov's dreams, are cleverly utilized by Dostoyevsky to articulate the broader philosophical debate sweeping through nineteenth-century Europe about nihilism, utopian socialism, utilitarianism, and extreme rationalism.

New 6x9 inch paperback edition. In addition to "Love," this edition also includes Chekhov's short stories "Lights," "A Story Without an End," "Mari D'elle," "A Living Chattel," "The Doctor," "Too Early ," "The Cossack," "Aborigines," "An Inquiry," "Martyrs," "The Lion and the Sun," "A Daughter of Albion," "Choristers," "Nerves," "A Work of Art," "A Joke," "A Country Cottage," "A Blunder," "Fat and Thin," "The Death of a Government Clerk," "A Pink Stocking," and "At a Summer Villa."

The Possessed, or, The Devils is one of Dostoyevsky's most well-known pieces of writing and is widely considered a classic; with this lively translation, it should be read by all.

The Crocodile is a classic Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale with a serious message about economics and communism.

This superb collection of Anton Chekhov's classic short stories includes The Chorus Girl -- Verotchka -- My Life At A Country House -- A Father On The Road -- Rothschild's Fiddle -- Ivan Matveyitch -- Zinotchka -- Bad Weather -- A Gentleman Friend -- A Trivial Incident