"Short Stories" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a gathering of stories from the late 1800s that consider the human mind, moral problems, and social troubles through different main characters. It includes "An Honest Thief," which shows a single man, his housekeeper, and a new renter, dealing with understanding, feeling alone, and what stealing means. The collection starts with the man talking to his quiet housekeeper, Agrafena, who wants to take in Astafy Ivanovitch, an old soldier as a renter, which makes him happy at first because he’s lonely. But when the man's coat goes missing, it makes things hard between them, especially Astafy, who can't stop thinking about it, showing his own weaknesses and moral fights. This gets the readers ready for Dostoyevsky's look into people’s relationships and the confusing parts of being human.
Short Stories
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In old Russia, a lonely man's life gets turned upside down when a missing coat brings secrets and moral struggles to light.
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About the AuthorFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.
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