Bøger af Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The connection between these works is unmistakable, as is their direct relation to Dostoevsky's life-sensational, harrowing, and frenzied."-From the Introduction by Ralph E. Matlow

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPDostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong disappears, and a riveting portrait of guilt and retribution.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information- A chronology of the author's life and work- A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context- An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations- Detailed explanatory notes- Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work- Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction- A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceEnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

In The Idiot, the saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanatorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya. Extortion and scandal escalate to murder, as Dostoevsky's "positively beautiful man" clashes with the emptiness of a society that cannot accommodate his innocence and moral idealism. The Idiot is both a powerful indictment of that society and a rich and gripping masterpiece. From award-winning translators, a masterful new translation-never before published-of the novel in which Fyodor Dostoevsky set out to portray a truly beautiful soul.

Set in mid 19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers.Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia-a novel that is rivaled only by The Brothers Karamazov as Dostoevsky's greatest.The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky's body of works consists of 12 novels, four novellas, 16 short stories, and numerous other works. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.

Crime and Punishment is the 19th-century psychological thriller by esteemed Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. Now 200 years after his birth, we celebrate this bicentennial with a new introduction by Professor Robin Miller, the perfect lead-in to the celebrated translation by Constance Garnett.

Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (дореф. Ѳедоръ Михайловичъ Достоевскій; 30 октября 1821, Москва, Российская империя -- 28 января 1881, Санкт-Петербург, Российская империя) -- русский писатель, мыслитель, философ и публицист. Член-корреспондент Петербургской АН с 1877 года.Как в начале, так и в продолжении своего литературного творчества после четырёх лет каторги и ссылки за участие в кружке Петрашевского Достоевский выступал в качестве новатора в русле традиций русского реализма, что не получило должной оценки современников при жизни писателя.После смерти Достоевский был признан классиком русской литературы и одним из лучших романистов мирового значения, считается первым представителем персонализма в России. Творчество русского писателя оказало воздействие на мировую литературу, в частности, на творчество ряда лауреатов Нобелевской премии по литературе, на становление экзистенциализма и фрейдизма.К наиболее значительным произведениям писателя относятся романы «великого пятикнижия'. Романы «Преступление и наказание', «Идиот', «Бесы' и «Братья Карамазовы' включены в список 100 лучших книг Норвежского книжного клуба 2002 года. Многие известные произведения Достоевского многократно экранизировались и инсценировались в театре, ставились балетные и оперные постановки. (wikipedia.org)

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский (1821 -1881) -- один из самых значительных и известных в мире русских писателей и мыслителей. Он родился в Москве и был вторым сыном из восьмерых детей семейства. В 1832 писатель и его старший брат Михаил начали заниматься с приходившими в дом учителями, с 1833 обучались в пансионе Н. И. Драшусова, затем в пансионе Л. И. Чермака. Вместе с тем годы учебы отмечены пробудившейся страстью к чтению. С января 1838 Достоевский учился в Главном инженерном училище (впоследствии всегда считал, что выбор учебного заведения был ошибочным). В училище оформились первые литературные замыслы. По окончании училища, прослужив меньше года в Петербургской инженерной команде, летом 1844 Достоевский уволился в чине поручика, решив полностью отдаться литературному творчеству. Ещё во время учёбы в училище Достоевский с 1840 по 1842 год работал над драмами «Мария Стюарт' и «Борис Годунов'. В январе 1844 года писал брату, что закончил драму «Жид Янкель'. Эти первые юношеские произведения не сохранились. В конце 1843 и начале 1844 года он переводил роман Эжена Сю «Матильда', и, немного позднее, роман Жорж Санд «Последняя из Альдини', одновременно начав работу над собственным романом «Бедные люди'. В то же время Достоевский писал рассказы, которые не были закончены. Сочинения первого периода творчества молодого писателя принадлежали различным жанрам юмористического рассказа («Роман в девяти письмах', 1845), физиологического очерка (фельетоны «Петербургской летописи', 1847), рассказа («Господин Прохарчин' (1846), «Ползунков' (1847), «Честный вор' (1848)), святочного рассказа («Ёлка и свадьба', 1848), повести («Хозяйка' (1847), «Слабое сердце' (1848), «Белые ночи' (1848)).Достоевский скончался в Петербурге 1881. (wikipedia.org)

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was one of the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. The Gambler treated a subject Fyodor Dostoevsky himself was familiar with-gambling

Notes from Underground, also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld, is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes is considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done?[2] The second part of the book is called "Apropos of the Wet Snow" and describes certain events that appear to be destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, unreliable narrator and anti-hero.Serving as an introduction into the perplexing mind of the narrator, this part is split into nine chapters. The introduction to the chapters propounds a number of riddles whose meanings are further developed as the narration continues. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 deal with suffering and the irrational pleasure of suffering. Chapters 5 and 6 discuss the moral and intellectual fluctuation the narrator feels along with his conscious insecurities regarding "inertia"-inaction. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 cover theories of reason and logic, closing with the last two chapters as a summary and transition into Part 2.The narrator's desire for unhappiness is exemplified by his liver pain and toothache. The narrator mentions that utopian society removes suffering and pain, but man desires both things and needs them to be happy. According to the narrator, removing pain and suffering in society takes away a man's freedom. This parallels Raskolnikov's behavior in Dostoevsky's later novel, Crime and Punishment. He says that the cruelty of society makes human beings moan about pain only to spread their suffering to others. He builds up his own paranoia to the point that he is incapable of looking his co-workers in the eye.The main issue for the Underground Man is that he has reached a point of ennui and inactivity.