Name: a gentle creature and other stories,white nights/ a gentle creature/ the dream of a ridiculous man
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Author: Fiódor M. Dostoievski
ISBN: 9780199555086

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a gentle creature and other stories,white nights/ a gentle creature/ the dream of a ridiculous man

Type

Physical Book

Author

Fiódor M. Dostoievski

Introduction by

W. J. Leatherbarrow

Translated by

Alan Myers

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Pages

132

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN

0199555087

ISBN13

9780199555086

Synopsis "a gentle creature and other stories,white nights/ a gentle creature/ the dream of a ridiculous man"

In these stories, Dostoevsky explores both the figure of the dreamer divorced from reality, and also his own ambiguous attitude toward utopianism, themes central to his great novels. In White Nights, the apparent idyll of the dreamer's romantic fantasies disguises profound loneliness and estrangement from "living life." A Gentle Creature and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man show how withdrawal from reality can end in spiritual desolation as well as moral indifference, and how, in Dostoevsky's view, the tragedy of the alienated individual can only be resolved by the rediscovery of a sense of compassion and responsibility toward other people. No other edition brings together these specific stories--which are most interesting when read alongside one another--and the new translations capture all the power and lyricism of Dostoevsky's writing at its best. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum 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, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Fiódor M. Dostoievski

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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Moscow, November 11, 1821-Saint Petersburg, February 9, 1881) was one of the main writers of Tsarist Russia, whose literature explores human psychology in the complex political, social, and spiritual context of Russian society in the second half of the 19th century

He is considered one of the greatest writers of the West and of world literature.

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