Dostoyevsky: 334 books

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky , an Russian novelist and short story writer. He was born on 11th Nov 1821 and was died on 9th Feb 1881.  His famous works includes: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.

Poor Folk, sometimes translated as Poor People, is the first novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, written over the span of nine months between 1844 and 1845.

The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, and reason, set against a modernizing new Russia. Dostoyevsky composed much of the novel in the old...

Aleksandr Petrovich lives through a spiritual re-awakening that culminates with his release from the prison camp. The narrator has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labour for murdering his wife. Dostoyevsky skillfully portrays the inmates of the prison with sympathy for their plight, and admiration for their energy, ingenuity and talent.

Dostoevsky was still a student when he started writing Poor Folk. His parents were very hard-working, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms. This story was published by the established poet of the time Nekrassov in his review and was received with acclamations. The shy, unknown youth Fyodor Dostoyevsky found himself instantly something of a celebrity.

The short story collection that will melt your mind... Tolstoy! Dostoyevsky! Pushkin! Chekov! Gogol! Turgenev!! And more!

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Christian Ivanovitch, reprit notre héros, d’une voix étouffée mais grave et empreinte de solennité, en s’arrêtant à chacune de ses phrases, Christian Ivanovitch, en entrant chez vous, j’ai commencé par des excuses. Maintenant je vais répéter ce que j’ai déjà dit et, pour cela, je...

The Double centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the...

Notes is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece about a ranting, slightly mad civil servant. The stylistic inventiveness, and the insights into the absurdities and weakness of humans seem so fresh and incisive today that if published now (a century and a half later) Notes would be considered an avant-garde post-modernist...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world and is therefore determined to commit suicide. You...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Dostoïevski a 40 ans lorsqu'il écrit Humiliés et Offensés, peu après son retour d'exil en Sibérie, pour soutenir une revue appartenant à son frère. C'est encore une oeuvre de «jeunesse». Vania, le narrateur, est écrivain de son état. Il recueille Nelly une jeune orpheline dont la mère...