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A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191504572
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Creature and Other Stories written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the stories in this volume Dostoevsky explores both the figure of the dreamer divorced from reality and also his own ambiguous attitude to utopianism, themes central to many of his great novels. In White Nights the apparent idyll of the dreamer's romantic fantasies disguises profound loneliness and estrangement from 'living life'. Despite his sentimental friendship with Nastenka, his final withdrawal into the world of the imagination anticipates the retreat into the 'underground' of many of Dostoevsky's later intellectual heroes. A Gentle Creature and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man show how such withdrawal from reality can end in spiritual desolation and moral indifference and how, in Dostoevsky's view, the tragedy of the alienated individual can be resolved only by the rediscovery of a sense of compassion and responsibility towards fellow human beings. This new translation captures the power and lyricism of Dostoevsky's writing, while the introduction examines the stories in relation to one another and to his novels. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and Other Stories

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627300551
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and Other Stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-rate collection includes "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," "Bobok," "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding," and five other short masterpieces.

A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0199555087
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Creature and Other Stories written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published as a World's classics paperback 1995; Reissued as an Oxford world's classics paperback 1999; reissed 2009.

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 030782408X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Eternal Husband

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486114406
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Eternal Husband written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. Powerful and accessible, it offers a captivating and revealing exploration of love, guilt, and hatred.

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

Author : Jane Austen
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 1594744424
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters written by Jane Austen and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller An uproarious tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem inspired by the classic Jane Austen novel—from the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!

The Insulted and Humiliated

Author : Fedor Mik︠h︡aĭlovich DostoevskiĬ
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1427076308
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Insulted and Humiliated written by Fedor Mik︠h︡aĭlovich DostoevskiĬ and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1950 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

White Nights (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Warbler Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781962572521
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book White Nights (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Warbler Classics. This book was released on 2024-03-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bittersweet nature of the tale and its insights into the human heart render it a deeply poignant and unforgettable work of literature. Includes the short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" and a detailed biographical timeline.

White Nights

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192838285
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book White Nights written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the stories in this volume, Dostoevsky explores both the figure of the dreamer divorced from reality and also his own ambiguous attitude to utopianism, themes central to many of his great novels.

Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable

Author : Lisa Wenger Bro
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527514838
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable written by Lisa Wenger Bro and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters are a part of every society, and ours is no exception. They are deeply embedded in our history, our mythos, and our culture. However, treating them as simply a facet of children’s stories or escapist entertainment belittles their importance. When examined closely, we see that monsters have always represented the things we fear: that which is different, which we can’t understand, which is dangerous, which is Other. But in many ways, monsters also represent our growing awareness of ourselves and our changing place in a continually shrinking world. Contemporary portrayals of the monstrous often have less to do with what we fear in others than with what we fear about ourselves, what we fear we might be capable of. The nineteen essays in this volume explore the place and function of the monstrous in a variety of media – stories and novels like Baum’s Oz books or Gibson’s Neuromancer; television series and feature films like The Walking Dead or Edward Scissorhands; and myths and legends like Beowulf and The Loch Ness Monster – in order to provide a closer understanding of not just who we are and who we have been, but also who we believe we can be – for better or worse.

A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Creature and Other Stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Gentle Creature

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726501759
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Creature written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "She should have appreciated my deed"! Control and narcissism, greed and jealousy. The evil of a man driving his young wife to suicide and yet, he still believes he has done no wrong. 'A Gentle Creature' is a short story about a heartbroken pawnbroker, who takes an interest in a young girl that frequents his shop. Dostoevsky’s attempt here is to portray the evil, prideful, cowardly man who wants above everything else to possess, control, and ultimately destroy everything that he touches. Based loosely on an event that the author read about in a newspaper, the story criticizes the destructive impulses and greed for domination over that kind of life these spiteful men can never have. A gentle, yet emotionally cruel tale of wickedness, abuse and tragedy that is tinged by Dostoevsky’s most somber tones. 'A Gentle Creature' was made into a film adaptation in 2017 and this was in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a famous Russian writer of novels, short stories, and essays. A connoisseur of the troubled human psyche and the relationships between the individuals, Dostoevsky’s oeuvre covers a large area of subjects: politics, religion, social issues, philosophy, and the uncharted realms of the psychological. There have been at least 30 film and TV adaptations of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1866 novel 'Crime and Punishment' with probably the most popular being the British BBC TV series starring John Simm as Raskolnikov and Ian McDiarmid as Porfiry Petrovich. 'The Idiot' has also been adapted for films and TV, as has 'Demons' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

Vain Shadow

Author : Hartzell Spence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258202828
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Vain Shadow written by Hartzell Spence and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gambler

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gambler written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Double

Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726501317
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book The Double written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happens when you meet your doppelganger? Well, if you are "dangerously antisocial" and your double is charming, well-liked and has the social skills that you lack, then they take over your life by pretending to be you! Dostoevsky’s novella 'The Double' follows the life of Golyadkin, a low-level official who is a dangerous sociopath. After a misadventure at a birthday party, Golyadkin has a chance meeting with Golyadkin Junior – his double who looks just like him. The theme of the doppelgänger runs potent in the story, together with universal ones like depression, sorrow, alienation, and social injustice. The only solution for the protagonist is the asylum, where his mind can finally be at piece. A sardonic, Gogolian tale of absurdity and social criticism that is proven to be a great read. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a famous Russian writer of novels, short stories, and essays. A connoisseur of the troubled human psyche and the relationships between the individuals, Dostoevsky’s oeuvre covers a large area of subjects: politics, religion, social issues, philosophy, and the uncharted realms of the psychological. There have been at least 30 film and TV adaptations of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1866 novel “Crime and Punishment” with probably the most popular being the British BBC TV series starring John Simm as Raskolnikov and Ian McDiarmid as Porfiry Petrovich. “The Idiot” has also been adapted for films and TV, as has “Demons” and “The Brothers Karamazov".

Dostoevsky's The Devils

Author : William J. Leatherbarrow
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810114449
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Dostoevsky's The Devils written by William J. Leatherbarrow and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most openly political of Dostoevsky's four major novels, The Devils has left literary scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure which veers back and forth between first and third person, and fascinated by the political overtones and social commentary it includes. For these reasons, The Devils often anchors courses on Dostoevsky's works. This critical companion contains essays that shed light on both the tricky literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components.

Renaissance Beasts

Author : Erica Fudge
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091337
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance Beasts written by Erica Fudge and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals, as Lévi-Strauss wrote, are good to think with. This collection addresses and reassesses the variety of ways in which animals were used and thought about in Renaissance culture, challenging contemporary as well as historic views of the boundaries and hierarchies humans presume the natural world to contain. Taking as its starting point the popularity of speaking animals in sixteenth-century literature and ending with the decline of the imperial Ménagerie during the French Revolution, Renaissance Beasts uses the lens of human-animal relationships to view issues as diverse as human status and power, diet, civilization and the political life, religion and anthropocentrism, spectacle and entertainment, language, science and skepticism, and domestic and courtly cultures. Within these pages scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss numerous kinds of texts--literary, dramatic, philosophical, religious, political--by writers including Calvin, Montaigne, Sidney, Shakespeare, Descartes, Boyle, and Locke. Through analysis of these and other writers, Renaissance Beasts uncovers new and arresting interpretations of Renaissance culture and the broader social assumptions glimpsed through views on matters such as pet ownership and meat consumption. Renaissance Beasts is certainly about animals, but of the many species discussed, it is ultimately humankind that comes under the greatest scrutiny.