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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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.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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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…
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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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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky’s portrayal of the Catholic Church during the Inquisition is a plea for the power of pure faith, and a critique of the tyrannies of institutionalized religion.
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The sordid story of an old woman’s murder by a desperate student provides the basis for a profound, philosophical drama of sin, guilt and redemption. Its grim theme and setting…
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Dostoevsky was writing at a time when Russia had reason to be optimistic, but the warning signs in his fiction perhaps leave us clues as to why Russia still has…
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The classic Russian novel about Prince Myshkin, an almost comically innocent Christ-like figure who embodies cynical Russia’s redemption, is presented in a new package featuring a new Afterword. (June)
Fyodor Dostoevsky,F. M. Dostoevsky
Written in 1864, this classic novel recounts the apology and confession of a minor nineteenth-century official, an almost comical account of the man’s separation from society and his descent underground…
A remarkable work showing the author’s power to depict Russian character and his understanding of human nature.
Fyodor M Dostoevsky
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This exquisite collection of Dostoevsky’s works includes Notes from Underground, The Double, The Gambler, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, The Honest Thief, and several other masterful short works.
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous…
The Gambler is the tale of a man named Alexei with a passion for roulette. It’s an oddly sympathetic tale, and Dostoyevsky was well suited to telling it: The heroine…
Presents a collection of short stories by the Russian author, including White Nights, The Peasant Marey, and A Gentle Creature. .
An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity’s movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that…
Golyadkin is a minor government official who one day meets his double a man with the same name, face, and background. Initially charmed by the coincidence, he soon finds himself…
The first-rate collection includes The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Bobok, The Christmas Tree and the Wedding, and five other short masterpieces.
CONTENTSAn Honest ThiefUncle’s DreamA Novel in Nine LettersAn Unpleasant PredicamentAnother Man’s WifeThe Heavenly Christmas TreeThe Peasant MareyThe CrocodileBobokThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
I had a very strange adventure. All that day I had been walking about the town trying to find a lodging. My old one was very damp, and I had…
Le prince Muichkine arrive a Saint-Petersbourg. Idiot de naissance parce qu'incapable d'agir, il est infiniment bon. Projete dans un monde cupide, arriviste et passionnel, il l'illumine de son regard. Par…
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Along with 77 letters of Dostoevksy, this book includes judgments in letters from Turgenev to Slutchevsky, Dostoevsky, Polonsky, and Saltykov, as well as letters from Pobyedonoszev to Aksakov, and Asksakov…
The Insulted and Injured is a tale of a love quadrangle told by a young novelist not unlike Dostoyevsky himself. Vanya, the narrator, has a crush on Natasha, who has…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1917 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.Crime and Punishment is the first great novel of his mature period of writing. It focuses on moral dilemmas…
Fyodor M Dostoevsky,Alexander Vassiliev
In this book two Dostoevsky’s stories - White Nights and The Meek One - are presented in three forms: the original Russian texts with stress marks, the parallel English translations…
Two works from Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, who is considered one of the most outstanding and influential writers of modern literature. Poor Folk, written in epistolary form is his first novel…
Miriam T. Sajkovic
A unique and valuable contribution to both philosophy of education and Dostoevsky commentary, Dostoevsky: His Image of Man will be of lasting worth to professional educators in particular, as well…
Translated by Constance Garnet, this work features Introduction and notes by Gary Saul Morson, and also includes a reading group guide.
Includes The Gentle Maiden and The Landlady
Part of the Everyman series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes a themed introduction, chronology of the life and times of the author, plot…
F M Dostoevsky
Reproduced in the author’s original spelling
F. M. Dostoevsky is one of the most famous writers of the XIX century. And today his works are read with the same unflagging interest, and that during his lifetime…
Vietnamese edition of the great Russian literary fiction by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Translated from the original Russian text, by Pham Manh Hung.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
