Excerpt from Krotkaia: Traduit du RusseVoila le theme. La duree de ce recit intermittent et embrouille est, on le com prend, de plusieurs heures il s'adresse tantot a lui-meme, tantot a quelque audi teur invisible, ou a un juge. C'est ainsi.

Krotkaia

A troubled young man commits the perfect crime – the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins one of the greatest novels ever written, a journey into the criminal mind, a police thriller, and a philosophical meditation on morality and redemption.

Crime et châtiment

After attending a wedding, a man is reminded of a Christmas party that he had been invited to years before. At the party, the man found himself isolated from most of the conversation, so began watching the other guests and the children as he idled. Soon, he witnessed an event that will eventually result in the wedding at which he is to be a guest years later."A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" was adapted into a film of the same name in 2000, and was directed by Will Wallace. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

A Christmas Tree and a Wedding - Short Story

IN UNDERTAKING to describe the recent and strange incidents in our town, till lately wrapped in uneventful obscurity, I find myself forced in absence of literary skill to begin my story rather far back, that is to say, with certain biographical details concerning that talented and highly-esteemed gentleman, Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky. I trust that these details may at least serve as an introduction, while my projected story itself will come later.

I will say at once that Stepan Trofimovitch had always filled a particular rôle among us, that of the progressive patriot, so to say, and he was passionately fond of playing the part-so much so that I really believe he could not have existed without it. Not that I would put him on a level with an actor at a theatre, God forbid, for I really have a respect for him. This may all have been the effect of habit, or rather, more exactly of a generous propensity he had from his earliest years for indulging in an agreeable day-dream in which he figured as a picturesque public character.

Demons

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An extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century.
As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the liberal idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences.
This form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophile movement of Dostoyevsky's day, called Pochvennichestvo, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Dostoyevsky's novels focus on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky ( 1821 - 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the context of the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest and most prominent psychologists in world literature.

Demons (The Possessed / The Devils) - The Unabridged Garnett Translation

Dostoevsky's unique, mesmerizing and revolutionary work of art. He has depicted the underground politics with deep skepticism. The significance of this great literary work is enhanced by its stunning fight scenes and alluring suspense. Compelling language and life-like characterization give a clear view of dilemmas being faced by the whole Russian nation. Astounding and enthralling!

Les Possedes   Tome I

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbalinventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.

Les Frères Karamazov

Actes Sud poursuit la réédition en Thesaurus de l’œuvre de Dostoïevski, magistralement traduite (et commentée) par André Markowicz. Au sommaire de ce nouveau volume, les œuvres qui ont marqué le retour de Dostoïevski à la vie littéraire, après dix ans de bagne et de relégation : Le Rêve de l’oncle, Le Bourg de Stépantchikovo et sa population, Humiliés et Offensés, Les Carnets de la maison morte, Une sale histoire, Notes d’hiver sur impressions d’été, Les Carnets du sous-sol et Le Crocodile.

Œuvres romanesques 1859–1864

D'abord trois hommes sont "embarqués". Ils ne se connaissent pas. Face à face dans le train de Petersbourg, Rogojine le noiraud et le blond Mychkine, prince à la race abolie, forment un contraste parfait; bientôt ils s'appelleront "frères" et le seront. Dans la mort. Ou plutôt: auprès de la morte, ayant accompli leur destin, cousu au nom, puis au visage bouleversant de Nastassia Filippovna. Le coryphée est là aussi, sous l'aspect du fonctionnaire Lebedev (...).L'Idiot est une tragédie biblique, un drame coupé d'apologues, commenté par toutes les voix de l'humain concert...

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