Fjodor Dostojevski

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. Poor Folk, the author's first great literary triumph, is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished …

On the Eve is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. Turgenev embellishes this love story with observations on middle class life and interposes some art and philosophy. Nikolay Dobrolyubov was critical of On the Eve, offending Turgenev.

Netochka Nezvanova is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's first but unfinished attempt at writing a novel. It translates to "nameless nobody.". The first completed section of the book was published in the end of 1849. According to translator Jane Kentish, this first publication was intended as "no more than a prologue to the novel". …

The Village of Stepanchikovo, also known as The Friend of the Family, is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and first published in 1859.

From Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, The Eternal Husband and Other Stories brings together five of Dostoevsky’s short masterpieces.Filled with many of the themes …

Sorrettuja ja solvattuja, toiselta suomenkieliseltä nimeltään Alistetut ja loukatut on Fjodor Dostojevskin romaani, joka ilmestyi vuonna 1861. Teos sai surkean vastaanoton ilmestyessään. Sorrettuja ja solvattuja on tarina Ivan Petrovitšin vajoamisesta suosiosta köyhyyteen ja perustuu kirjailijan omiin kokemuksiin. …