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The Double (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

First published in 1846, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella "The Double" is a classic doppelgnger and the second major work published by the author. It is the story of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a government clerk who believes that a fellow clerk has taken over his identity and [...]

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Crime and Punishment (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

"Crime and Punishment" is one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's most famous novels. First published in 1866, it is the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished St. Petersburg ex-student who plots to kill an elderly money-lender, Alna, and profit from her wealth. The [...]

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Poor Folk (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

This novel brought its 24-year-old author critical and public acclaim nearly overnight. Written in the form of letters, it recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg's slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress. Compact and easy to read, it [...]

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The Eternal Husband (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Fyodor/ Garnett Dostoyevsky (Author)

A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistresss husband in this psychological novel of duality. One of the esteemed Russian authors most powerful and accessible tales, it employs his favorite themes of mental torture and neurosis. Captivating and highly revealing, it [...]

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The Brothers Karamazov (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.

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Crime and Punishment. Schuld und Sühne, englische Ausgabe (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fjodor M. Dostojewskij (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), George Gibian (Editor)

Jessie Coulson's translation provides the text for the Third Edition of this acclaimed Norton Critical Edition.

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Notes from the Underground (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Dover Thrift Editions (Author)

Darkly fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of a doubting, supremely alienated protagonist in a world of relative values. Embraces moral, religious, political and social themes. Authoritative Constance Garnett translation. New introduction.

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The Double (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Dover Thrift Editions (Author)

Most significant of the Russian novelists early stories (1846) offers a straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. Golyadkin senior is a powerless target of persecution by Golyadkin junior, his double in almost every respect. Familiar Dostoyevskan themes of [...]

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The Double and the Chamber (Book)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

The discovery of a mysterious doppelgèanger turns Goliadkin's life upside down in "The Double," while the psychological novel "The Gambler" describes two obsessions--the pursuit of an unattainable woman and the lure of roulette.

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The Gambler (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Dover Thrift Editions (Author)

Narrated by the character Alexei, who is addicted to gambling, this short novel is based on Dostoevskys own experiences as a compulsive gambler. Like so many characters in Dostoevskys novels, Alexei is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human [...]

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Winter Notes on Summer Impressions (Book)

Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Author), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)

In June 1862 Fyodor Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, Dostoevsky also wished to see firsthand the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. [...]

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Notes from the Underground (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor)

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Notes from the Underground (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor)

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Crime and Punishment (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), Fyodor/ Monas Dostoyevsky (Author)

Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its [...]

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The Gambler (Book)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor)

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