Great Works Of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

The Idiot

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Novels

752 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2007

About the author

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский (Russian)

Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.

Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .

Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.

(Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (see also Fiodor Dostoïevski)

Reviews

[Richard Smith]

I gave THE DEMONS a good attempt. It begins as a satire of the self delusions of Russian liberal class and the intelligentsia, so I had some hope for the book. However, it just became tedious plodding and I lost interest. I'm in my 70s now with only a few years left, at best. While I want to continue to explore great books, I am quicker now to pull the plug on any novel that does not arouse my interest on some level; great writing, an arresting situation or a gripping personality.

THE DEMONS checked none of my boxes and so, sadly, I cut it loose around page 50.

[Klaas]

Dostoevsky can be very tedious and wordy which I normally do not like but when it comes from him I like it a lot.

[Mel]

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