“But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground .
Soviet Six Pack presents six of the finest examples of classic Russian literature, an essay on Dostoyevsky by Isabel Hapgood and image galleries showcasing author portraits, first edition covers and original illustrations.
Soviet Six Pack
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev.
Dostoyevsky essay by Isabel Florence Hapgood. Image galleries.
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.
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.