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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Will I really slip in sticky, warm blood, force the lock, steal, tremble, hide, all soaked in blood… axe in hand?… Lord, will I really? This is the translation of…
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An event to be celebrated, a Dostoesvsky translation that fully captures the literary achievements of the original.
Taken to be an idiot, the naive Prince Myshkin visits his distant relative General Yepanchin and hopes to charm him, his wife and his three daughters, but his life changes…
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In 1864, just prior to the years in which he wrote his greatest novels - Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)…
Crime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker, an old woman who…
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The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Set in 19th-century Russia, The Brothers Karamazov is…
The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young…
""White Nights and Other Short Stories"" is a fantastic collection of short stories by prolific Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Stories included in this collection are-White Nights, Notes from Underground, A…
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is considered the first great novel of his mature period of writing and is often cited as…
Explore Fyodor Dostoevsky's world in the Greatest Stories of Dostoevsky, a captivating collection of timeless tales delving into human complexities. From the poignant beauty of unrequited love in White Nights…
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Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the aftermath, Rashkolnikov is dogged by madness…
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Chiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision to create the most beautiful classics. Using a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques, 19th Century…
F. M. Dostoevsky
The BROTHERS KARAMAZOV - Dostoevsky’s most widely read novel - is at once a murder mystery, a mordant comedy of family intrigue, a pioneering work of psychological realism and an…
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White Nights and Other Short Stories is a fantastic collection of short stories by prolific Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Stories included in this collection are-White Nights, Notes from Underground, A…
Enter the tormented mind of an unnamed narrator as he grapples with his own alienation and despair in Dostoevsky's groundbreaking novella, Notes from the Underground. Through a series of fragmented…
White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky transports readers to the haunting depths of the human psyche.
In this collection of short stories, Dostoevsky's masterful narrative weaves tales of…
Mad - Foolish - Ridiculous - I've been called many things.
On an uneventful Wednesday in a drab Borough of East London, an ordinary man has a startling revelation: life…
The bittersweet nature of the tale and its insights into the human heart render it a deeply poignant and unforgettable work of literature. Includes the short story "The Dream of…
Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. It is built out of a series of supremely dramatic scenes that illuminate the eternal conflicts…
John Middleton Murry
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Robert Bird
Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky’s path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky’s difficult background contributed to his…
Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov delves into the moral dilemmas and existential struggles of the Karamazov family. Set in 19th-century Russia, this profound novel examines themes of faith, reason and…
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a revolutionary novella featuring one of the most remarkable characters in all of literature.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian author and journalist regarded as one of the greatest novelists in all of literature whose rich exploration of human psychology in the troubled…
Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a positively good and beautiful man, sets out on his journey home to Russia after an extended stay at a sanitarium in Switzerland. Open-hearted and somewhat simple…
Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written.
From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better…
"Lively, fast-flowing.... the voiciest translation of the novel thus far. [Katz] writes at the fever pitch of speech, unleashing the speed and the chaos of the original." --Jennifer Wilson, The…
A monumental new translation-the first in more than twenty years-of Russia's greatest family drama, rendered with all the passion, humour and soul of the original
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Raw Youth is a brilliant novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of the greatest literary minds of the 19th century. This work is a masterpiece of psychological realism, carefully examining…
Dostoyevsky Fyodor
Fyodor Dostoevsky,Samule Leuenberger
The Idiot
Dostoevskys Idiot, is one of the most famous novels by Fyodor Dostoevsky. After a five-year stay in a Swiss sanatorium, 26-year-old Prince Lev Myshkin returns to Russia one…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky,Constance Black Garnett
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
Fyodor Dostoevsky two most notable works in one volume Including a story White Nights.
The Devils also called Demons or The Possessed is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, It is…
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A pocket hardback of Dostoevsky’s literary masterpiece.
Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Anthony Briggs
A new short biography of the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, by pre-eminent Russian scholar Professor Anthony Briggs.
Joseph Cowley
Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor. His parents were hard-working, religious people but poor.
His first work, “Poor Folk,” was published by the poet Nekrassov, and he found himself…
The apology and confession of a minor mid-19th-century Russian official, Notes from Underground is a half-desperate, half-mocking political critique and a powerful, at times absurdly comical, account of man’s breakaway…
Presents erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons. This book portrays the social and spiritual strivings in Russian culture.
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.it wasn’t a human being I killed, it was a principle!‘ A troubled young man commits the perfect crime - the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will…
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Fedor Dostoevsky
Accompanied by notes and commentary, a collection of short works by the celebrated author of Crime and Punishment includes such classics as White Nights, Notes from the Underground, The Eternal…
Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky,Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Translation of Bednye l'iudi and Igrok.
The narrator-referred to in this SparkNote as the Underground Man-introduces himself. He describes himself as sick, wicked, and unattractive, and notes that he has a problem with his liver. He…