Dostoyevsky: 334 books

The author of the diary and the diary itself are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society, when we consider the circumstances in the midst of which our society is formed. I have tried to expose...

The Crocodile is an outstanding piece of satire: It is vicious, dreamlike, scatological, and one of the funniest things that Dostoevsky ever wrote. In this brief work, he reveals his hatred of communism and socialism in an unusually direct caricature. The tongue-in-cheek "true story" follows...

This is one of Dostoevsky’s lesser known novels, which is a shame because it is very good – and a bit easier to get through in comparison to Crime and Punishment and The Idiot. The story is narrated by Vanya, an aspiring author and centres around two main storylines. On one side you have...

Ce livre regroupe une nouvelle et un court roman de l’auteur, regroupés en deux parties par l’éditeur (Librairie Plon) : «Katia» correspond à «La Logeuse» (1847) et le titre original de «Lisa» est «Le Sous-sol» (1863), ce dernier roman étant également connu sous les titres suivants :...

Dans une société bourgeoise, frivole, en fête perpétuelle, un homme se rappelle ses premiers sentiments d'amour, alors qu'il n'avait pas encore onze ans.

Mais, mon Dieu ! quel emprunt c'était ! et quel air se croyait-il obligé de prendre ! Je n'aurais jamais pu supposer, avant de l'avoir vu, qu'un aussi petit espace que l'était cette figure ridée, anguleuse et ravinée, pût être le théâtre de tant de grimaces différentes, et, à la fois, de...

"Notes from the Underground" 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 Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880....

Dans cette nouvelle - tout a fait mineure dans l'oeuvre de l'auteur, et meme d'une qualité assez «moyenne»... - deux joueurs de cartes s'unissent pour extorquer de l'argent a un jeune homme riche, Eugene. Le premier, Pierre Ivanovitch, a emprunté trois cent cinquante roubles au second pour monter...

«Est-il possible de croire? Sérieusement et effectivement? Tout est la.» Stavroguine envoute tous ceux qui l'approchent, hommes ou femmes. Il ne trouve de limite a son immense orgueil que dans l'existence de Dieu. Il la nie et tombe dans l'absurdité de la liberté pour un homme seul et sans raison...

The novel takes place in a provincial Russian setting, primarily on the estates of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky and Varvara Stavrogina. Stepan Trofimovich's son, Pyotr Verkhovensky, is an aspiring revolutionary conspirator who attempts to organise a knot of revolutionaries in the area. He considers...

The 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin returns to Russia after spending several years at a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by the society of St Petersburg for his trusting nature and naiveté, he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman and a virtuous and pretty...

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a former student, lives in a tiny garret on the top floor of a run-down apartment building in St. Petersburg. He is sickly, dressed in rags, short on money, and talks to himself, but he is also handsome, proud, and intelligent. He is contemplating committing an awful...

Au milieu des steppes, des montagnes ou des forêts impraticables des contrées reculées de la Sibérie, on rencontre, de loin en loin, de petites villes d'un millier ou deux d'habitants, entièrement bâties en bois, fort laides, avec deux églises, - l'une au centre de la ville, l'autre dans le cimetière,...