Poor People

Предлагаем вниманию англоязычного читателя один из самых известных романов великого русского писателя Ф.М. Достоевского (1821-1881) "Преступление и наказание" в переводе Констанс Гарнет.

"The Brothers Karamazov" is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons - the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the social and spiritual strivings in what was both a golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.

Великий русский писатель Ф. М. Достоевский (1821-1881) известен во всем мире прежде всего благодаря "великому пятикнижию" - романам "Преступление и наказание", "Идиот", "Братья Карамазовы", "Бесы", "Подросток". Пред­лагаем вниманию англоязычных читателей повесть Достоев­ского "Дядюшкин сон" в переводе Фредерика Уишоу.

'Es war eine wundervolle Nacht, eine solche Nacht, wie sie vielleicht nur vorkommen kann, wenn wir jung sind, lieber Leser.' Mit diesem Satz eroffnet Dostojewski seine Geschichte einer beginnenden Liebe, die aus der zufalligen Begegnung zwischen dem einsamen Erzahler und der jungen Nastenka entsteht. In vier Nachten offenbaren sich die beiden ihre Angste und Sehnsuchte. Doch Nastenkas Herz gehort einem anderen. Ebenso ergreifend wie einfuhlsam erzahlt Dostojewskis 'empfindsamer...

The civil servant Ivan Matveich and his wife Yelena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition – in a shopping arcade – of a crocodile owned by a German, when Ivan is suddenly swallowed alive by the animal. Unsuccessful in his attempts to be freed from his prison, due to the German's concern for his crocodile and excessive desire for compensation, the civil servant gradually comes to appreciate his new environment, while his wife begins to enjoy her new-found freedom. Inspired by Gogol's...

Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident and socially successful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly persecuted, Golyadkin finds his social, romantic and professional life unravelling, in a spiral that leads to a catastrophic denouement. The Double, Dostoevsky’s second published work of fiction, which foreshadows in its...