This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising cynicism, and the first major work of existential literature. Among Dostoevsky's prototypical characters is Yemelyan in The Honest Thief, whose tragedy turns on an inability to resist crime. Presented in chronological order, in David Magarshack's celebrated translation, this is the definitive edition of Dostoevsky's best stories.
By:
Fyodor Dostoevsky Translated by:
David Magarshack Imprint: Modern Library Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 238g ISBN:9780375756887 ISBN 10: 0375756884 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 400 Publication Date:15 March 2001 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
White nights -- The honest thief -- The Christmas tree and a wedding -- The peasant Marey -- Notes from the underground -- A gentle creature -- The dream of a ridiculous man.
Reviews for The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
""Dostoevsky, the only psychologist from whom I had something to learn.""
