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Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: Will Poulter
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Summary

Often considered one of the first ever psychological thrillers, Crime and Punishment is a gripping tale of a poverty-stricken young man in Saint Petersburg, Russia, who hatches a plan to kill someone for money. Once the deed is done, he finds himself racked with guilt, confusion and disgust for his act.

In this new recording, Will Poulter (Detroit, Midsommar, The Maze Runner) gives new life to the troubled protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, in a performance that will have you questioning where we draw the line between right and wrong.

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Will Poulter on recording Crime and Punishment during lockdown
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A definite masterpiece

The way Dostoyevsky writes is simply of a genial level. The character's psychological portrait is highly complex and marvelous, it left me open mouthed with all the vivid details. This definitely deserves 6 stars out of 5, just impeccable.

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Loved it!

Will Poulter reading was great and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I see why people recommended it, Crime and punishment is a classic

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Took a while to warm up

At first I had trouble warming up to Will Poulters performance but after a while I quite liked his work. Not sure what to think about the story itself though. Just going through the classics.

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Faultless audio version

Pretty sure I don't have to rate the book, history has given it five stars. Will Poulter just nails his performance, nuance, brings real personality to each character through expression and accent. Can't fault it 22 1/2 hours I'll happily hear again.

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I enjoyed this books a lot

The book is a classic and Will adds value and emotions to make it easier to understand

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Masterpiece

Didn’t not like the accents but still a masterpiece
A definite work to make you think

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Thought provoking and powerful story

C&P is a wonderful story that softens one's heart to the suffering of humanity. Will Poulter brought the story to life with the variety of accents/voices he displayed. Highly recommend that you listen to this tale.

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Long but gripping

A truly fascinating insight into the minds, motivations, hopes fears and candour of intelligent, challenging, moralising philosophers.

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excellent 👌

not a lot I can say that others won't have said many times, very interesting story with some great characters that make you think
Will Poulter's narration and characterization is excellent.

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Fantastic listen enjoyed from start to finish

This book has stood the test of Time. And the narrator made it all the more enjoyable

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