The Eternal Husband

The Eternal Husband

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008-02-04

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0486465721

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A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. Powerful and accessible, it offers a captivating and revealing exploration of love, guilt, and hatred.


The Crocodile

The Crocodile

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 8726501309

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Ivan Matveich was thinking it was a bad idea to see a live crocodile on the street as it swallowed him whole! Why couldn't it have eaten his wife Elena instead? What follows is an immensely humorous and satirical account of Ivan's new life from inside the crocodile, unable to get out because the owner refuses to kill the beast. A precursor to Kafka’s 'Metamorphosis', Dostoevsky’s short story is a farcical depiction and social criticism of Russian society at the time. The situation becomes a scene from the theatre of the absurd, making the tale a poignant finger wagging at the problems of humanity. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a famous Russian writer of novels, short stories, and essays. A connoisseur of the troubled human psyche and the relationships between the individuals, Dostoevsky’s oeuvre covers a large area of subjects: politics, religion, social issues, philosophy, and the uncharted realms of the psychological. There have been at least 30 film and TV adaptations of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1866 novel 'Crime and Punishment' with probably the most popular being the British BBC TV series starring John Simm as Raskolnikov and Ian McDiarmid as Porfiry Petrovich. 'The Idiot' has also been adapted for films and TV, as has 'Demons' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.


Short Stories of Dostoyevsky

Short Stories of Dostoyevsky

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-17

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Dostoyevsky's short stories show him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising cynicism, and the first major work of existential literature. Among Dostoyevsky's prototypical characters is Yemelyan in The Honest Thief, whose tragedy turns on an inability to resist crime.


The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781420939590

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After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel, "Poor Folk," in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky's reputation as one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century. Early participation in a literary/political group landed the writer in exile in Siberia for nearly a decade, an experience which had a profound influence on Dostoyevsky's understanding of fate, the suffering of human beings, and resulted in a powerful religious conversion experience. Dostoyevsky's works are marked by his penetrating exploration of psychology and morality, which are today cited as highly 'existentialist.' This definitive collection of Dostoyevsky's short stories includes: White Nights, An Honest Thief, A Christmas Tree and a Wedding, The Peasant Marey, Notes From Underground, A Faint Heart, and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.


White Nights and Other Stories

White Nights and Other Stories

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008-11-24

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0486469484

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A collection of compelling tales, steeped in Dostoyevsky's characteristic themes of spiritual and psychological conflict, evokes life in Czarist Russia. Includes "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," "An Honest Thief," "Bobok," and 7 more.


7 Best Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky

7 Best Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 8577770397

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Fyodor Dostoevsky passed away in 1881, but still generates discussions about his quality as an author and the relevance of his works. Recognized and revered still in life, Dostoevsky was later questioned by such peremptory figures as Nabokov who said: "Dostoevsky's gallery of characters consists almost exclusively of neurotics and lunatics." Nowadays, the themes of his works and his morally contentious characters generate controversy even at the high summit of Russian politics. But Dostoevsky always had grand admirers, such as Hemingway, who said: "There were things believable and not to be believed, but some that changed you as you read them; frailty and madness, wickedness and saintliness, and the insanity of gambling were there to know ". Even outside literary circles, Russian questioning about the human soul has left its mark, as Albert Einstein wrote: "Dostoevsky offers me more than any scientist, more than Gauss," also describing Russian as "great religious writer" which explores "the mystery of spiritual existence" So that you can join the great minds and form your opinion on this giant of Russian literature, the critic August Nemo separated seven of his short stories for your appreciation: White Nights An Honest Thief The Christmas Tree and the Wedding Notes From Underground The Dream of a Ridiculous Man A Little Hero Mr. Prohartchin


Short Stories of Dostoyevsky

Short Stories of Dostoyevsky

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-08

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781983460784

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Dostoyevsky's short stories show him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising cynicism, and the first major work of existential literature. Among Dostoyevsky's prototypical characters is Yemelyan in The Honest Thief, whose tragedy turns on an inability to resist crime.