This fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of an alienated protagonist searching for absolutes in a world of relative values. Constance Garnett translation.
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.
Based on the four years he spent in a Siberian prison camp, Dostoevsky presents the lives and tales of his fellow convicts in a vivid documentary style.
In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spira ...
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This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows 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 <b>White Nights</b>, an ...
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Dostoyevsky's first short novel (1846) introduced one of the major preoccupations of his writing career: a delineation of the inner lives of the poor and downtrodden. These themes are also integral to his often powerful short stories.
Written in 1864, this novel is the first and strangest of Dostoevsky's masterpieces--and the source of those that followed. Violating literary conventions in ways never before attempted, this classic tells of a mid-19th-century Russian official's breakaway from society and descent "underground".