Books by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, arguably the first modern exploration of psychological realism, is not only a gem of Russian literature but an internationally renowned classic. Now this masterpiece has been vividly transformed by the powerful illustrations of renowned graphic artist Dave McKean, whose multimedia paintings are shrouded with the specters and shadows of Raskolnikov's fever dreams. Featuring over one hundred full-page paintings, spot illustrations and illuminated letters, and housed in an elaborately die-cut and embossed slipcase, this is an heirloom edition designed as a work of art in its own right. Featuring an introduction by Lonny Harrison. 9x12", 346 pages.

Il Grande Inquisitore, è un capitolo del romanzo "I Fratelli Karamazov".Il romanzo fu completato dallo scrittore nel 1880, pochi mesi prima di morire, e questo capitolo è dipinto a tinte forti dallo stile narrativo policentrico di Fëdor Dostoevskij; uno stile che altre volte è emerso dai suoi lavori, in cui il risultato non è una narrazione a protagonista unico ma piuttosto un'opera che nella sua interezza esprime uno scontro tra pensieri, formulati sempre nella totalità delle proprie sfumature.Questa volta è Ivan Karamazov (arguto, ribelle, orgoglioso) che narra a suo fratello Alë¿a (spirituale, sensibile, religioso) una storia fantastica: nel XVI secolo Gesù ritorna tra gli uomini, a Siviglia, alla presenza del cardinale inquisitore che ha appena fatto bruciare un centinaio di anime eretiche. Qui l'autore si concentra su fede e ateismo (libertà o schiavitù?), e mostrando tutta la propria capacità filosofica, esprime il conflitto che anche nella vita reale lui stesso conduceva tra la gioia di vivere e la sofferta e incessante ricerca della verità.

Crime and Punishment (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Prestuplenie i nakazanie) is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels after he returned from his exile in Siberia, and the first great novel of his mature period.Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished St. Petersburg ex-student who formulates and executes a plan to kill a hated, unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money, thereby solving his financial problems and at the same time, he argues, ridding the world of an evil, worthless parasite. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by relating himself to Napoleon, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.

"Oh, don't be afraid, my dear!" Ivan Matveitch called after us, gallantly displaying his manly courage to his wife. "This drowsy denison of the realms of the Pharaohs will do us no harm." And he remained by the tank. What is more, he took his glove and began tickling the crocodile's nose with it, wishing, as he said afterwards, to induce him to snort.Fyodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky is best known for his exploration of the human dark side of the psyche, but this collection shows he is equally adept at sarcastic and absurdist commentary.

Poor Folk is an epistolary novel -- that is, a tale told as a series of letters between the characters. And oh, what characters these are! Makar Dievushkin Alexievitch is a copy writer, barely squeaking by; Barbara Dobroselova Alexievna works as a seamstress, and both face the sort of everyday humiliation society puts upon the poor. These are people respected by no one, not even by themselves. These are folks too poor, in their circumstances, to marry; the love between them is a chaste and proper thing, a love that brings some readers to tears. But it isn't maudlin, either; Fyodor Dostoevsky has something profound to say about these people and this circumstance. And he says it very well. When the book was first published a leading Russian literary critic of the day -- Belinsky -- prophesied that Dostoevsky would become a literary giant. It isn't hard to see how he came to that conclusion, and in hindsight, he was surely was correct.

The Insulted and Injured is that tale of a love quadrangle -- an improbably unpossessive and uninvidious love quadrangle, at that -- told by a young novelist not too unlike Dostoevsky himself. (A young author who has just published a novel so much like Dostoevsky's Poor Folk, in fact, that we find ourselves tempted to wonder over the author's private life. But we'll refrain.) Vanya (the narrator and fictional author) has a crush on Natasha, who has left her family to live with her new lover, Alyosha. Alyosha is a sweetheart, but he's also a little dim; he's the son of Prince Valkovsky, a Machiavellian character who's the villain of the tale. Prince Valkovsky hopes to gain wealth and stature by marrying Alyosha off to an heiress -- Katya. The Prince's machinations make him one of the most memorable "predatory types" in the Dostoevsky ouvre.

CONTENTSAn Honest ThiefUncle's DreamA Novel in Nine LettersAn Unpleasant PredicamentAnother Man's WifeThe Heavenly Christmas TreeThe Peasant MareyThe CrocodileBobokThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man