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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky. In St Petersburg, the impoverished student Raskolnikov commits a crime he tries to justify through an idea of exceptional individuals. Suspicion, guilt and his encounters with others gradually challenge the theory on which he has staked his life.
Fyodor DostoevskyNoveleBookNotes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground — Fyodor Dostoevsky. An isolated former civil servant challenges confident theories of rational behavior while exposing his own contradictions and resentment. Recollections of humiliation and his encounter with Liza reveal the painful gap between his desire for connection and his impulse to reject it.
Fyodor DostoevskyNovellaeBookPoor Folk
Poor Folk — Fyodor Dostoevsky. The impoverished clerk Makar Devushkin and the young Varvara Dobroselova exchange letters across a Petersburg courtyard. Their tender correspondence records small joys, humiliations, and the pressures that poverty places on affection and dignity.
Fyodor DostoevskyNoveleBookThe Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov — Fyodor Dostoevsky. The lives of the Karamazov brothers become entangled in bitter family conflicts and the murder of their father. Through Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha, Dostoyevsky examines freedom, faith, guilt, and responsibility in a demanding psychological novel.
Fyodor DostoevskyNoveleBookThe Gambler
The Gambler — Fyodor Dostoevsky. Alexei Ivanovich, a young tutor in a Russian family's retinue, is drawn into the emotional and financial turmoil of a European spa town. His love for Polina and fascination with roulette reveal the dangerous pull of obsession, pride and sudden fortune.
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