Crime and Punishment (version 2)

incredible!

(5 stars)

Tom Magnum

A deep and visceral novel which speaks volumes of our humanity. The Narrator was perfect. Thank you for your time!!

Definitely the best book I've encountered

(5 stars)

Esco

Fabolous. the english is incredible. the tale is well cradted. i would give it a 6 star if i could.

Brilliant book that is read exceptionally well

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

The reader has a very clear and consistent tone of voice and appears to have a good understanding of the material as he reads. Emphasis, timing, and pace make this a very enjoyable book to hear for long road trips. The actual story itself is a masterpice btw. Kudos to Librivox for sharing all this fantastic literature!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

(5 stars)

MB

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Unexpectedly brilliant

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

I must admit before I started reading this I thought I'd give up after a few chapters....I just thought it will be dark, depressing, philosophical, moral,heavily intellectual...and it is all those things but in an absolutely brilliant way...its a riveting read in a way that I just wasn't expecting and it really gets inside your head...on top of that there's a great story and as Dostoyevsky introduces more characters the book becomes more interesting...the reader was brilliant I had tried a different version before but this reader really suits the main character...give it a go and stick with it...I'm converted and will definitely read more of Dostoyevsky

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

this reader is a beast. pronounces Russian well, as well as great inflection in his reading. amazing job! oh yea, the book is also great. if you found ur way here to read this, your already gonna read it n like it, bit the reader makes this version even more enjoyable

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Brilliant writing . I could not stop listening.

Marathon effort

(4 stars)

John B. Stewart

The first thing I want to say about this book is that it's long. Longer than I expected. it's such a classic on many 'Must read before you die' lists that I somehow felt I had to complete it, but it was a struggle. Dostoyevsky seemed to go over the crime from every possible angle with Roskolnikov in protracted often repetitive discussions with his sister, his girlfriend his other friends and lawyers and police dancing around what he thought about crime in general and teasing out from his discussions what were others views of a theoretical situation similar to his, trying to come to a satisfactory conclusion to justify his actions in his own mind. It was certainly a marathon effort by the reader 'an expatriate from Bangor Maine' who sounded like David Schwimmer? And did an excellent job to plough through with barely any errors. I have read many Russian authors this way and find descriptions of life in 19th C Russia fascinating. Might try Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago next as I loved the movie.