A Disgraceful Affair, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Disgraceful Affair, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A Disgraceful Affair
Stories

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrator: Michael Page, Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 6 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/06/2011


Synopsis

The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short stories ""White Nights,"" ""A Disgraceful Affair,"" and ""The Dream of the Ridiculous Man,"" three of Dostoevsky's most troubling, moving, and poignant works.

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.


Reviews

Mientras leía “El sueño de un hombre ridículo” no pude evitar pensar en aquella anécdota de Kafka donde relata que un año antes de su muerte, vivió una experiencia muy insólita que también involucraba a una niña. Cuenta que paseando por el parque Steglitz, en Berlín, encontró a una pequeña llorando......more

Goodreads review by emil

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Goodreads review by Eryn

I especially liked the first story "Winter Nights" and in particular the passage on the first night where the narrator describes his relationship with the houses he sees on his daily walks. The narrator is deeply sentimental about the inanimate buildings and starved for affection due in part to his......more