![]() ![]() ![]() After walking through the Haymarket, he overhears Lizaveta in conversation, and it is revealed she will leave the apartment for a brief time the following day. Pulcheria notes that Raskolnikov will soon have a chance to meet Luzhin in Petersburg. ![]() Marfa Svidrigailov, exonerated publically by the same woman, and then proposed to by a government official named Luzhin. Raskolnikov receives a letter from his mother Pulcheria, who reports that his sister Dunya, once a governess working for the Svidrigailov family, has been courted by Mr. Raskolnikov meets a drunk named Marmeladov, who tells of his troubles and his daughter Sonya, a prostitute. Upon leaving, he repeats to himself his intentions: he will murder the old crone and rob her. He goes to the apartment of an old pawnbroker, who lives with her sister Lizaveta, and pawns his father’s watch. He wanders about the city, barely eats, and hatches a vague plan he wishes to “test” one afternoon. Petersburg, where Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished former student, has come psychologically unhinged. ![]()
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There's a heavy price to pay for royalty in this compelling-and true-story of Anastasia Romanov and fellow grand duchesses of Russia, from an award-winning novelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ![]() Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. It's time to take the magical journey of a lifetime … Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Now the first book in this unmissable series celebrates 25 years in print! The paperback edition of the tale that introduced us to Harry, Ron and Hermione has been updated and dressed in silver to mark the occasion. Rowling's magical classic Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! 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