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Book Title: Crime and Punishment
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2001
Topic: Psychological, Classics, Literary
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.8 Oz
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Item Length: 8 in
Book Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
