Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary

One of 80 Little Black Classics - 80 books at 80 pence each to celebrate Penguin's 80th birthday

Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of the Penguin Classics list - from drama to poetry, from fiction to history, with books taken from around the world and across many centuries

Beautifully designed, complete little books to be collected, shared and handed out as presents in a pick-and-mix fashion

In the same spirit as Penguin 60s, Penguin Great Ideas and other Penguin mini series, which have between them sold many millions of copies

In this short story, Dostoyevsky skilfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide