It was in Dostoevsky’s early short stories and novellas that he began exploring the most important philosophical and moral questions, later developed in the world-famous “big” prose of the author!
The genius of Dostoevsky is truly universal—in his “smaller” works, as in his great novels, he appears as a subtle psychologist, a careful observer, and a gifted satirist. His “Uncle’s Dream,” “Mr. Prokharchin,” and “The Honest Thief,” in which more than once people have seen echoes of Gogol, are filled with bitter irony, and the life of the provincial depths and Petersburg’s “bottom,” turned inside out, makes the reader both laugh at the flaws of the characters and feel sympathy for them.
It was in the early short stories and novellas that Dostoevsky began developing the most important philosophical and moral themes later elaborated in “Crime and Punishment,” “The Possessed,” and “The Brothers Karamazov.”
This book includes:
Uncle’s Dream
Mr. Prokharchin
A Novel in Nine Letters
A Weak Heart
The Honest Thief
The Fir-Tree and the Wedding