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.
| ISBN: | 9780375756887 |
| Publication date: | 13th February 2001 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Magarshack |
| Publisher: | Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 292 pages |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Interior life Shorter Reads General Fiction |
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 Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Interior life, Shorter Reads, General Fiction
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky is available in Paperback
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Magarshack and published by Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky has 292 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Library Classics series