The Priest and the Devil

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Genres: Short Stories

2 pages, Unknown Binding

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

[Sheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

What does hell look and feel like for you? Which extremes can you handle and for how long before you feel like you are already there? This super quick one page read gets you thinking about the boundaries of your own comfort zone and just how far they can be pushed before you break.

Thanks for the link, Kay!

https://www.bartleby.com/71/0830.html

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The Russian realist, 1821–1881, wrote this little story upon the wall of his Siberian prison"

A one page story. You can read it here

[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw, honest, thought provoking. Two short pages but so much power and heart

[Janelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very short but powerful story about the nature of Hell. Dostoevsky wrote it on the wall of his Siberian prison.
Link here: https://www.bartleby.com/71/0830.html...

[MaryLucille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dostoyevsky did not write this as a short story. It is a scene within his novel The Brothers Karamazov! In 1849 Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote on the wall of his prison cell the following story of The Priest and the Devil: It depicts a conversation of conflict between Ivan and his devilish visitor. Ivan is struggling with his lack of faith.
Themes of free will, nature of evil, conflict between doubt and belief, the potential for good and evil in one man are discussed.
Quote: Devil talking to Ivan after showing him state of workers:
"'Yes, this is hell. There can be no worse hell than this. Did you not know it? Did you not know that these men and women whom you are frightening with the picture of a hell hereafter—did you not know that they are in hell right here, before they die?”

[J_BlueFlower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imagine being imprisoned with Dostoevsky in Siberia, and seeing him writing a story on the wall. Something strengthening? To gain courage from? Nope.

Thank you to the other reviewers for the link: Read online here:
https://www.bartleby.com/71/0830.html