Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Russian author.
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Crime and Punishment
St. Petersburg: Raskolnikov murders old pawnbroker and her sister. his motives are proven false by his conscience. turns to prostitute Sonya Marmeladovna, who convinces him to confess to policeman Porfiry Petrovich. Raskolnikov and Sonya go to Siberia
The Idiot
Prince Mishkin pities Nastasya Filipovna, whom Rogozhin loves. Mishkin proposes to Aglaya Epanchin. Rogozhin tries to murder Mishkin and does kill Natasya
The Possessed
spiritual nihilist Nikolay Stavrogin commits crimes and infects Shatov and Kirilov with ideas he does not believe. Lizaveta Nikolayevna loves Stavrogin but he marries cripple Marya Lebyadkin. Pyotr Verkhoven tries to get Stavrogin to join revolution. Verkhovensky murders Shatov
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and son Dimitry compete for Grushenka. Fyodor is murdered. Dmitri [passionate] brought to trial. Ivan [intellectual] feels guilty. Alyosha [mystical] introduces Zosima. Smerdyakov [bastard]. Ivan tells Alyosha The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor parable [Jesus is arrested by Inquisition in Seville]
The Double
government clerk Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin driven mad with another Golyadkin appears and succeeds as he had yearned to. helped by servant Petrushka
A Diary of a Writer
includes The Meek One and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man stories
Notes from the Underground
recounts adventures of author’s life
The Raw Youth
Versilov’s illegitmate son Arkady goes to St. Petersburg but learns his dad is his rival for Katerina Akhmatovo. Arkady gets brain fever and is visited by pilgrim Makar Dolgoruky. Arkady abandons plan to become Rothschild and make money to get power
The Insulted and Injured
Vanya loves Natasha Ikhmeneva but helps her woo Alyosha Valkovsky. Ivan and Prince Valkovsky debate philosophy. Dickens character Nelly appears
The Friend of the Family
Foma Opsikin rules household by playing on master’s guilt
The Gambler
Aleksey Ivanovich has gambling weakness. Polina based on Dostoyevsky’s lover
Poor Folk
drunk clerk Makar Devushkin loves Vavara Dobroselova but she marries wealthy landlord
The Eternal Husband
Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky torments wife’s ex-lover Aleksey Ivanovich Velchaninov and mistreats his girl