Audiobooks by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Poor Folk and Other Early Stories Audiobook

"A new translation of Poor Folk, the debut novella that first brought the author of Crime and Punishment fame at the age of twenty-five, along with his other early stories, all showcasing the concern for human dignity that animated his later work. The short novel Poor Folk portrays the passionate relationship between two young distant cousins, a clerk and a seamstress who live across the street from each other in conditions of dire poverty. Through an exchange of letters, they share with each other their struggles, their past tragedies, their mutual love of literature, and their growing hopes for a future together-until a rich man proposes to the young woman and offers her a path to a different life, leaving her cousin behind. The other stories in the collection-'Mister Prokharchin,' 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed,' 'White Nights,' and 'Uncle's Dream'-display a remarkable variety of narrative voices. Combining satiric comedy with weightier themes, these early tales reveal their author already exercising the formal inventiveness he became so well known for."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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The Idiot

"This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when perfect goodness confronts a corrupt world? Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot, published in 1869, poses this devastating question through one of literature's most extraordinary characters: Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a man so pure of heart that society can only regard him as a fool. Returning to Russia after years of treatment for epilepsy in Switzerland, Myshkin enters St. Petersburg society with the radical notion that human beings can be redeemed through love and compassion. His Christ-like innocence immediately draws him into the lives of two remarkable women: Nastasya Filippovna, a beauty whose soul has been shattered by abuse and betrayal, and Aglaya Epanchin, a spirited young woman torn between convention and her own fierce independence. What follows is a tragedy of such scope and intensity that it ranks among Dostoevsky's greatest achievements. The Idiot is far more than a character study—it is Dostoevsky's bold attempt to imagine what would happen if a truly good person walked among us. Myshkin's very existence becomes a mirror that reflects the moral compromises, petty jealousies, and desperate hungers that drive those around him. His inability to navigate the treacherous currents of social ambition and sexual desire makes him simultaneously the most innocent and most dangerous person in every room he enters. For readers willing to confront these difficult questions, The Idiot offers one of literature's most rewarding and heartbreaking experiences—a masterpiece that continues to challenge our assumptions about virtue, suffering, and what it truly means to be human."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), AI Voice Charles Owen (Narrator)

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The Brothers Karamazov

"This monumental philosophical and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows the lives of three very different brothers bound together by blood, resentment, faith, doubt, and the dark shadow of their shared father. Each brother represents a conflicting vision of human nature—reason and rebellion, spiritual devotion, and reckless passion—while all are drawn into a moral storm that will test the limits of love, loyalty, and conscience. As betrayal, desire, greed, and long-buried hatred rise to the surface, a violent crime shatters the family and forces every character to confront the truth of their own soul. Guilt spreads far beyond the one who commits the act, entangling the innocent with the corrupt and exposing how responsibility, choice, and suffering are never confined to a single person. Faith collides with atheism, free will wrestles with fate, and justice itself becomes uncertain in a world where truth is buried beneath fear and self-deception. Through spiritual struggle, courtroom drama, confession, and inner torment, Fyodor Dostoevsky explores God, evil, redemption, love, and the terrifying freedom of human choice. The novel confronts the deepest questions of existence—why people suffer, whether morality can exist without faith, and whether forgiveness is possible after unimaginable wrongdoing. It is a vast and unforgettable meditation on the human soul at war with itself."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Alex Squire, The Light (Narrator)

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Crime & Punishment

"A crime committed in desperation—and the slow, suffocating weight that follows. Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky centers on Rodion Raskolnikov, a struggling former student in St. Petersburg who convinces himself that certain men have the right to step beyond moral law. Acting on that belief, he carries out a brutal murder, expecting relief—or even justification. Instead, everything begins to unravel. What follows is not a chase in the usual sense, but a tightening psychological spiral. Raskolnikov drifts between fever, paranoia, and moments of cold reasoning, while suspicion quietly gathers around him. Encounters with figures like the patient investigator Porfiry and the deeply compassionate Sonia force him to confront what he has done—not just outwardly, but internally. The story builds through tension rather than action, moving toward confession, consequence, and the possibility—however uncertain—of redemption."

Eden Garret, Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Noel Jarmaine, The Lantern (Narrator)

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Crime and Punishment

"This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when a man believes he has stepped beyond good and evil—only to discover that his own conscience is waiting in the dark? In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky enters the fevered mind of Rodion Raskolnikov, a poor former student in St. Petersburg who commits a terrible act under the influence of a dangerous idea: that extraordinary people may be permitted to violate ordinary moral law. Through psychological intensity, spiritual conflict, and philosophical depth, Dostoevsky explores guilt, pride, suffering, redemption, and the terrifying cost of intellectual arrogance. The novel follows Raskolnikov’s descent into paranoia after the crime, his tense encounters with the brilliant investigator Porfiry Petrovich, and his complex relationship with Sonya, whose humility and faith challenge the darkness consuming him. Around them, Dostoevsky builds a world of poverty, desperation, moral decay, and unexpected grace. First published in 1866, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most influential novels ever written. Its questions are still disturbingly modern: can reason justify cruelty, can guilt be escaped, and can a broken soul be restored? This AI-narrated audiobook offers a clear, polished, and immersive listening experience, guiding the listener through Dostoevsky’s dense psychological drama, moral tension, and unforgettable atmosphere with precision and depth. Enter the streets of St. Petersburg, follow a mind at war with itself, and experience a masterpiece of guilt, punishment, and redemption. Begin listening to Crime and Punishment today."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), AI Voice Bob (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Delitto e Castigo

"Questo audiolibro è narrato da una voce digitale. A San Pietroburgo, Rodion Raskol’nikov — ex studente poverissimo, orgoglioso e febbrile — elabora un’idea terribile: se esistono uomini “straordinari”, forse a loro è concesso oltrepassare la legge per un fine superiore. Il progetto diventa azione, e il delitto sembra aprire una via d’uscita dalla miseria. Ma ciò che si spalanca davvero è un abisso interiore: insonnia, ossessione, sospetto, un dialogo continuo con la colpa che corrode ogni certezza. Delitto e castigo è uno dei vertici del romanzo psicologico: un’indagine spietata sulle giustificazioni morali, sull’orgoglio, sulla compassione e sulla possibilità (o impossibilità) di rinascere. Attorno a Raskol’nikov si muove una città viva e brutale, e una galleria di personaggi che mettono a nudo la fragilità umana. Un ascolto intenso, incalzante, che non parla solo di un crimine, ma del prezzo di pensarsi al di sopra degli altri."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Voce digitale JosCon E (Narrator)

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The Gambler

"In the fictional town of Roulettenberg, Germany, a Russian tutor to the children of a seemingly wealthy general is enticed to play roulette at the local casino. First playing for others (including his beloved Polina Alexandrovna), he soon gets a taste for the experience himself, which can lead in only one direction. Dostoevsky wrote this story based at least partially on personal experience. After his second marriage (and the successful publication of Crime and Punishment) he and his wife took a honeymoon in Baden-Baden, where Dostoevsky lost large quantities of money at the roulette table. To get his financial situation back to normal he then set up a wager with his publisher: they'd have the right to publish his work for free for nine years if he couldn't deliver this novel by November 1866. He succeeded in this, and was able to move on to writing The Idiot. The Gambler has been translated to screen and radio, and was even turned into an opera by Prokofiev. This edition is the 1915 translation by C. J. Hogarth."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Jason Ingolfsland (Narrator)

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Notes from Underground

"Pevear and Volokhonsky may be the premier Russian-to-English translators of the era. (The New Yorker) Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between 19th- and 20th-century fiction and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose Dostoevsky translations have become the standard, give us a brilliantly faithful edition of this classic novel, conveying all the tragedy and tormented comedy of the original. This audio edition of Notes from Underground is the only recording of Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation of Dostoevsky’s classic work. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of Notes from Underground is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English. This audiobook is skillfully read by Alan Turton, with audio engineering by Raconteurs Audio. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Copyright (c) 1993 Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Recorded by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. (P) 2025 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC"

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Alan Turton (Narrator)

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Uncles Dream

"This sharp and darkly comic novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky unfolds in a small provincial town where gossip, ambition, and social maneuvering quietly rule everyday life. At the center is a fragile, aging aristocrat whose sudden arrival sparks wild dreams of wealth, status, and sudden elevation among those desperate to escape their mediocrity. Polite smiles hide ruthless calculation, and every gesture of kindness masks a hidden scheme. As rumor spreads and expectations rise, manipulation tightens its grip. Pride, vanity, and desperation collide as characters attempt to bend fate through deception and emotional pressure. What begins as hopeful fantasy slowly reveals itself as moral farce, where personal gain outweighs loyalty, and dignity is easily sacrificed for advantage. Illusion grows stronger than truth, and self-interest dresses itself as affection. Through irony, tension, and biting psychological insight, Fyodor Dostoevsky exposes the hunger for power, the fragility of pride, and the quiet cruelty of social ambition. The story explores greed, humiliation, self-deception, and the absurdity of chasing dreams built on illusion. It is a darkly entertaining portrait of how easily human desire can override conscience—and how quickly hope can turn into quiet ruin."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Alex Squire, The Light (Narrator)

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Uncles Dream

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Alex Squire, The Light (Narrator)

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Crime & Punishment

"Crime and Punishment stands as one of the most penetrating psychological dramas ever written—a dark, relentless journey into the mind of a young man who believes he can outthink morality itself. Raskolnikov, trapped in the poverty-stricken streets of St. Petersburg and drowning in his own feverish theories, commits a desperate act that shatters every illusion he ever held about power, conscience, and destiny. In the days that follow, he discovers that the courts do not deal out the real punishment, but by the silent terror of his own soul. This exclusive presentation includes a searching and deeply personal historical reflection by Emmy-nominated actor and internationally heralded best-selling author Geoffrey Giuliano, who explores Dostoevsky’s turbulent life, his imprisonment, his spiritual rebirth, and the haunting personal experiences that shaped this towering novel. Giuliano also unveils a long-lost interview with Dostoevsky conducted in a vivid, dramatic recreation, offering rare insight into the author’s philosophy, his obsession with human suffering, and his belief that redemption can arise even from the most tragic mistakes. Crime and Punishment remains startlingly relevant in an age of moral confusion, rising authoritarianism, and fractured human values. It asks the questions society is still struggling with today: Who has the right to decide what is good and what is evil? What happens when ideology replaces compassion? And can a person ever truly escape the weight of their own actions? In this powerful interpretation, listeners are invited to walk beside Raskolnikov through the shadows of guilt, fear, and eventual spiritual awakening. Two unforgettable lines from the book echo through this work: “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” And: “The darker the night, the brighter the stars."

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano, The Rebellion (Narrator)

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The Brothers Karamazov Redux

"The Brothers Karamazov Redux presents Dostoevsky’s towering masterpiece in a newly ignited form, amplifying the emotional, philosophical, and spiritual power of the original while sharpening its raw immediacy for a modern listener. In this expansive retelling, the turbulent world of the Karamazov family surges to life: Dmitri with his volcanic passions and desperate impulses, Ivan with his tortured intellect and relentless questioning of God and morality, Alyosha with his quiet spiritual conviction wrestling against the chaos of his family’s sins, and the dark, lingering shadow of their father, whose greed, cruelty, and moral decay infects every moment of their intertwined lives. As these forces collide, the story becomes a vast meditation on guilt, redemption, free will, faith, human violence, and the eternal battle between love and despair that lies at the center of every soul. Geoffrey Giuliano, Emmy-nominated actor and the driving creative force behind The Rebellion, delivers this monumental narrative with a depth and intensity that casts new light upon Dostoevsky’s greatest themes, revealing hidden emotional layers, sharpening the psychological conflicts, and giving each character a distinct inner gravity. His performance transforms the novel’s sweeping philosophical debates into living drama, its courtroom tension into breathless reality, and its spiritual passages into moments of profound human vulnerability. This Redux edition does not simply retell a classic; it resurrects it, allowing contemporary listeners to feel the heat, the anguish, the revelation, and the fragile hope at the core of the Karamazov legacy. Every argument becomes a battlefield, every confession a turning point, every moment of silence a storm held just beneath the surface. In this immersive re-envisioning, the listener is pulled into the depths of human conscience, invited to confront the same questions that haunted Dostoevsky himself: What is justice?"

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano, The Rebellion (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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