“The Adolescent” is a novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. The main character, Arkady Makarovich Dolgorukiy, a nineteen-year-old teen, moves to St. Petersburg after finishing the gymnasium. He immediately gets drawn into a chain of intrigues and complicated relationships with his biological father, Andrey Petrovich Versilov—linked to Dolgorukiy’s status as an illegitimate child. During the time of its publication, the novel was criticized by contemporaries for its “formlessness” and “chaotic nature,” which for a long time made it be considered an artistic failure. Many modern critics and researchers, however, believe that “The Adolescent” is one of Dostoevsky’s greatest novels and among his most underrated works. spoiler=Music] Didok Sergey [/spoiler]