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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, Fёdor Mihajlovič Dostoevskij, pronounced [ˈfʲodər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ dəstɐˈjɛfskʲɪj] ( listen), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, Dostoievsky, Dostojevskij, Dostoevski, Dostojevski or Dostoevskij (November 11, [O.S. October...
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступление и наказание Prestuplenie i nakazanie) is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments in 1866. It was...
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The Gambler
The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book:...
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- 1867
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The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома) is a novel published in 1862 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs...
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The Idiot
The Idiot (Russian: Идиот, Idiot) is a novel written by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in Russky Vestnik between 1868-1869. The Idiot is ranked beside some of Dostoevsky's other works as one of the...
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- 1869
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы Brat'ya Karamazovy, pronounced [ˈbratʲjə karəˈmazəvɨ]) is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was...
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- Nov 1880
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The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told by Ivan to Alyosha in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880). Ivan and Alyosha are brothers; Ivan questions the possibility of a personal, benevolent God and Alyosha is a novice monk.
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The Devils
The Possessed (Russian: Бесы, tr. Besy) is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Though titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons.
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground (Russian: Записки из подполья, Zapiski iz podpol'ya), also translated in English as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld while Notes from Underground is the most literal translation) (1864) is a short...
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- 1864
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The Insulted and Humiliated
Humiliated and Insulted (also known in English as The Insulted and Humiliated, or The Insulted and the Injured) by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in 1861, is the trigger of the many tragic novels written by Dostoevsky that depict the harshness...
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- 1861
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The Village of Stepanchikovo
Село Степанчиково и его обитатели or The Village of Stepanchikovo (also known in English as The Friend of the Family) is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1859. In it, Sergey Aleksandrovich (Сергей Александрович, the...
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Poor Folk
Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye Lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People, was the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which he wrote over the span of nine months. First published in 1846, it was lauded by the influential critic Vissarion...
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- Jan 1, 2005
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- 1846
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The Raw Youth
The Raw Youth, also published as The Adolescent or An Accidental Family, (Russian: Подросток), is a novel of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in 1875. Ronald Hingley, author of Russians and Society and a specialist in...
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A Nasty Story
"A Nasty Story" (Russian: Скверный анекдот), also translated as "A Disgraceful Affair", is a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.
Jessie Coulson, in the introduction to a 1966 Penguin...
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White Nights
"White Nights" (Russian: Белые ночи) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1848, early in the writer's career. Film adaptations have been made by Russian director Ivan Pyryev (Belye nochi), by Italian director Luchino...
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A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
"A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" (Russian: Ёлка и свадьба) is a short story written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1848. The piece is narrated by an awkward outcast attending a Christmas party. The man, although invited, knows only the host and talks to no...
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An Honest Thief
"An Honest Thief" (Russian: Честный вор) is an 1848 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The story recounts the tale of the tragic drunkard Yemelyan.
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The Peasant Marey
"The Peasant Marey" (Russian: Мужик Марей) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1876. Though framed as an autobiographical recount of some of his time spent in prison (around Easter 1850), the story is truly preoccupied with a childhood...
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (Russian: Сон смешного человека) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing to live for in the world, and is therefore determined to...
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A Gentle Creature
"A Gentle Creature" (Russian: Кроткая, Krotkaya), sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship...
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Netochka Nezvanova
Netochka Nezvanova is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's first - although unfinished - attempt at writing a novel. The first completed section of the book was published in the end of 1849. According to translator Jane Kentish, this first publication was intended...
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