Description:
The bittersweet nature of the tale and its insights into the human heart render it a deeply poignant and unforgettable work of literature. Includes the short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" and a detailed biographical timeline.
Brief description: Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian short story writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature. His works are broadly thought to have anticipated Russian symbolism, existentialism, expressionism, and psychoanalysis. He also influenced later writers and philosophers including Anton Chekov, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Review Quotes:
"[Dostoevsky] ranks amongst the most beautiful strokes of fortune in my life."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"He is the man more than any other who has created modern prose, and intensified it to its present-day pitch."
-James Joyce
"His psychologic sense is overwhelming and visionary."
-Knut Hamsun