Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Informationen zum Autor Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov . Klappentext The shorter works of one of the world's greatest writers, including The Gambler and Notes from Underground The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works. The Gambler chronicles Dostoevsky's own addiction, which he eventually overcame. Many have argued that Notes from Underground contains several keys to understanding the themes of the longer novels, such as Crime and Punishment and The Idiot . Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky includes: Notes from Underground The Gambler A Disgraceful Affair The Eternal Husband The Double White Nights A Gentle Creature The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Zusammenfassung The shorter works of one of the world’s greatest writers, including the classics The Gambler and Notes From the Underground. The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among the best works in the history of literature. The Gambler chronicles Dostoevsky’s own addiction, which he eventually overcame. Many have argued that Notes From the Underground contains several keys to understanding the themes of the longer novels, like Crime and Punishment and The Idiot. Those stories are joined here by other classics, including White Nights and The Eternal Husband. In the introduction to this volume, Ronald Hingley writes: “It is admittedly impossible to evaluate or understand Dostoevsky’s major work properly without taking into account his less voluminous writings, (and) it is also true that many of his shorter works are masterpieces in their own right—as it is hoped the reader may remind himself or discover for the first time...” ...

Product details

• Authors: Fedor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor/ Hingley Dostoyevsky
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780060726461
• ISBN: 978-0-06-072646-1
• No. of pages: 741
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Harper Perennial Modern Classi
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; FICTION: Literary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Animals, LITERATURE: GREAT SHORT WORKS, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: LITERARY COLLECTIONS, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Russian & Former Soviet Union