A story about vanity and hypocrisy. "She could kill and annihilate and pulverize any rival with a single word." This book focuses on the struggle between and manipulative Maria's Alexandrovna Moskalyova family members. In this novel, vanity and pride are everyday human's obsessions and the word "love" loses its meaning in the socially-arranged marriages.

With keen psychological insight far ahead if its time, leading to wide misinterpretation among critics upon its first publication in 1846, Dostoevsky's second novel is now recognized as one of his most important works and one that inspired literally hundreds of imitations. Unhappy with the negative reception for The Double. Dostoevsky re-wrote his original version of 1846 fifteen years later. Dostoevsky wrote, "This revision, provided with an introduction,...

Vor vielen Jahren hatte der verarmte Adlige Alexej Weltschaninow eine Affäre mit der verstorbenen ersten Frau seines früheren Bekannten Pawel Pawlowitsch. Dieser hat nach dem Tod seiner Frau davon erfahren und so taucht er überraschend mit seiner Tochter Lisa bei Weltschaninow auf. Pawlowitschs merkwürdiges Verhalten deutet darauf hin, dass er sich rächen will und Weltschaninow bekommt es mit der Angst zu tun. Tatsächlich. Anfangs weiß Pawlowitsch...

Eine der schönsten Liebesgeschichten der Weltliteratur. "Es war eine wundervolle Nacht, eine solche Nacht, wie sie vielleicht nur vorkommen kann, wenn wir jung sind, liebe Leser." Ein junger Mann trifft eines Nachts in Sankt Petersburg ein weinendes junges Mädchen namens Nastenka, die verzweifelt die Rückkehr ihres Geliebten erwartet. Er spricht sie an, woraus eine Freundschaft und im Lauf der folgenden Nächte eine zarte Liebe entsteht. Sie treffen...

First published in Russian in 1866, "The Gambler", by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is a gripping narrative of the dangers of gambling. As was common with Dostoyevsky's other writings, he draws upon his own life in a semi-autobiographical way. Dostoyevksy himself suffered from a compulsion to gambling and had to complete "The Gambler" under a strict deadline to pay off his own debts. These first-hand experiences bring a depth of realism to the novel and to...

Extrait : "C'était à la fin de novembre ; par un temps de dégel, humide et brumeux, le train de Varsovie arrivait à toute vapeur à Pétersbourg. Le brouillard était tel qu'à neuf heures du matin on voyait à peine clair ; à droite et à gauche de la voie ferrée il était difficile d'apercevoir quelque chose par les fenêtres du wagon."

Master translation of a neglected Russian classic into English Long before Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago came Dostoevsky's Notes from the House of the Dead, a compelling account of the horrific conditions in Siberian labor camps. First published in 1861, this novel, based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a political prisoner, is a forerunner of his famous novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. The characters and situations that...

"White Nights and Other Short Stories" is a fantastic collection of short stories by prolific Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. They include: "White Nights", "First Night", "Second Night", "Third Night", "Fourth Night", "Morning", and "Notes From The Underground". This collection is highly recommended for all lovers of the short story form, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dostoevsky's world-famous work.

Extrait: "Nous sommes au commencement de novembre. Il fait un froid de onze degrés; il gèle. Il est tombé la nuit un peu de neige sur la terre glacée et un vent sec la chasse à travers les rues ennuyeuses de notre petite ville, et surtout vers la place du Marché. La matinée est brumeuse, mais la neige cesse de tomber." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de grands livres de...

This key to understanding Dostoyevsky's masterpiece and the author's creative intentions offers a remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the composition of Crime and Punishment, from its first inception to its conclusion. Dostoyevsky's notebooks chronicle the trials, mistakes, and uncertainties that hindered his progress. They also reveal insights into the workings of his imagination and significant details about the novel's ultimate content. Professor...