Fyodor Dostoevsky: 168 books

Prince Alexey, aka Alyosha, the son of Prince Valkovsky is a naïve but loveable young man who is easily manipulated by his father. Alyosha runs away with his girlfriend Natasha and as a result, her father, Nikolai, curses her. The only friend that remains by Natasha's side is Ivan – her childhood...

After teasing the crocodile, Ivan Matveich is swallowed alive. He finds the inside of the crocodile to be quite comfortable, and the animal's owner refuses to allow it to be cut open, in spite of the pleas from Elena Ivanovna. Ivan Matveich urges the narrator to arrange for the crocodile to be purchased and cut open, but the owner asks so much for it that nothing is done.

A troubled young man commits the perfect crime: the murder of a vile pawnbroker whom no one will miss. Raskolnikov is desperate for money, but he convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind. So begins a tragic novel that illuminates the eternal struggle between human emotions...

A government official Golyadkin has a formative discussion with his Doctor Rutenspitz, who fears for his sanity and tells him that his behaviour is dangerously antisocial. He prescribes 'cheerful company' as the remedy. Golyadkin resolves to try this, and leaves the office. He proceeds to a birthday...

Varvara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin are second cousins twice-removed and live across from each other on the same street in terrible apartments. The novel follows their lives, their relationship with rich people, and poverty in general. A deep but odd friendship develops between them until Dobroselova...

Die zentrale Thematik dieses 1866 erstmals erschienenen Romans kreist um zwei Pole: die zerstörerische Leidenschaft zum Spiel und die Qual einer komplizierten Liebesbeziehung. Zunächst will Aleksej Iwanowitsch am Spieltisch nur seine ruinöse Finanzlage verbessern, aber wie der berühmte Autor selbst...

In dieser Novelle erzählt F. M. Dostjewski die tragische Geschichte einer Ehe zwischen einer jungen schönen Frau aus reichem Elternhaus und einem älteren Mann, der sie lediglich wegen ihres Geldes heiratet. Die kritische Position des Autors in diesem Einzelfall lässt sich auf die Sitten und die moralische Werte der ganzen russischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts übertragen.

In dieser Novelle erzählt F. M. Dostjewski die tragische Geschichte einer Ehe zwischen einer jungen schönen Frau aus reichem Elternhaus und einem älteren Mann, der sie lediglich wegen ihres Geldes heiratet. Die kritische Position des Autors in diesem Einzelfall lässt sich auf die Sitten und die moralische Werte der ganzen russischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts übertragen.

In dieser Novelle erzählt F. M. Dostjewski die tragische Geschichte einer Ehe zwischen einer jungen schönen Frau aus reichem Elternhaus und einem älteren Mann, der sie lediglich wegen ihres Geldes heiratet. Die kritische Position des Autors in diesem Einzelfall lässt sich auf die Sitten und die moralische Werte der ganzen russischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts übertragen.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read A desperate young man plans the perfect crime—the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old women no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime,...

In White Nights the narrator is a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with whom she is finally reunited. Notes from the Underground is considered by many...

Die zentrale Thematik dieses 1866 erstmals erschienenen Romans kreist um zwei Pole: die zerstörerische Leidenschaft zum Spiel und die Qual einer komplizierten Liebesbeziehung. Zunächst will Aleksej Iwanowitsch am Spieltisch nur seine ruinöse Finanzlage verbessern, aber wie der berühmte Autor selbst...

The House of the Dead is a novel published in 1862 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs from the House of The Dead and Notes from the Dead House . The book is a loosely-knit...

The Insulted and Humiliated first published in 1861 by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a tangled love story portraying deep emotions through the characters. The frailty of human disposition as well as weaknesses on every level is presented. With subtle passions and sincere feelings that are taken advantage of the work is regarded as one of the outstanding pieces of Russian Literature.