Fyodor Dostoyevsky: 329 books

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Au milieu des steppes, des montagnes ou des forêts impraticables des contrées reculées de la Sibérie, on rencontre, de loin en loin, de petites villes d'un millier ou deux d'habitants, entièrement bâties...

Pour raconter les événements si étranges survenus dernièrement dans notre ville, je suis obligé de remonter un peu plus haut et de donner au préalable quelques renseignements biographiques sur une personnalité distinguée: le très-honorable Stépan Trophimovitch Verkhovensky. Ces détails serviront...

After attending a wedding, a man is reminded of a Christmas party that he had been invited to years before. At the party, the man found himself isolated from most of the conversation, so began watching the other guests and the children as he idled. Soon, he witnessed an event that will eventually...

Natasha leaves her parents' home and runs away with Alyosha (prince Alexey) – the son of Prince Valkovsky who abuses her father. As a result of his pain, her father, Nikolai, curses her. The only friend that remains by Natasha's side is Ivan, her childhood friend, who is deeply in love with her....

One of the most profound and most unsettling works of modern literature, Notes from Underground (first published in 1864) remains a cultural and literary watershed. In these pages Dostoevsky unflinchingly examines the dark, mysterious depths of the human heart. The Underground Man so chillingly depicted...

The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lyov Nikolaevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness and open-hearted simplicity lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince...

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. The sky was so starry, so bright that, looking at it, one could not help asking oneself whether ill-humoured and capricious people could live under such a sky. That is a youthful question too, dear reader, very...

Maria Alexandrovna Moskaleva was the principal lady of Mordasoff—there was no doubt whatever on that point! She always bore herself as though she did not care a fig for anyone, but as though no one else could do without her. True, there were uncommonly few who loved her—in fact I may say that very...

Au milieu des steppes, des montagnes ou des forêts impraticables des contrées reculées de la Sibérie, on rencontre, de loin en loin, de petites villes d'un millier ou deux d'habitants, entièrement bâties en bois, fort laides, avec deux églises,— l'une au centre de la ville, l'autre dans le cimetière,—en...

La maison des morts, c'est le bagne de Sibérie où Dostoïevski a purgé comme condamné politique une peine de quatre années de travaux forcés et de six ans de «service militaire». Mais la maison des morts, c'est aussi le Goulag. La Russie de Dostoïevski est déjà celle de Staline, de Beria,...

Sa retraite prise, mon oncle, le colonel Yégor Ilitch Rostaniev, se retira dans le village de Stépantchikovo où il vécut en parfait hobereau. Contents de tout, certains caractères se font à tout; tel était le colonel. On s'imaginerait difficilement homme plus paisible, plus conciliant et, si quelqu'un...

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