Michael Wood is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of, among other books, Literature and the Taste of Knowledge and The Habits of Distraction. His most famous and influential works include the novels Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot and the novella, Notes From Underground. Michael Wood's selection of Dostoevsky's shorter works is drawn from the timeless translations of Constance Garnett whose work, he says in his preface, gives readers the best of several worlds.įyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. These narrators all have a tendency to express themselves in crescendos of conflicting emotions, while the stories themselves steer clear of grand conclusions. They resemble jokes and anecdotes, told by volatile, voluble, morbidly sensitive and frustrated characters. Let's Read 'The Crocodile' by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Audiobook) Hippias Minor 2.6K subscribers Subscribe 2.2K views 1 year ago This is an audio presentation of Dostoevsky's short story 'The. Dostoevsky's stories inhabit similarly volcanic atmospheres as his novels, places of curiosity and exception. Author Fyodor Dostoevsky Published by riverrun ISBN 9781787478244 EAN. A man is swallowed by a crocodile, but not eaten nor seriously damaged. The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions): Dostoevskys finest short s. A civil servant behaves like a monster at a wedding-party. 'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born' A man goes mad because he is happy.
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