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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Born November 11, 1821Died February 9, 1881

Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight. Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929), Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons (1872). Many literary critics rate him of the greatest of world literature and consider multiple highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He also well acts as a philosopher and theologian.

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Books58

Harvard Classics: The Five-Foot Shelf of Books | Seventy-nine great minds, one complete education in world thought

Harvard Classics: The Five-Foot Shelf of Books | Seventy-nine great minds, one complete education in world thought

with Alfred de Musset, John Woolman, William Penn, Thomas Carlyle, Edmund Burke, Edward Everett Hale, Robert Burns, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker, Theodor Storm, Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Robert Browning, Leo Tolstoy, Virgil, John Bunyan, Benvenuto Cellini, Jane Austen, Izaak Walton, Gottfried Keller, Homer, John Dryden and Percy Bysshe Shelley

50 Classic Gothic Works, Vol. 1.0

50 Classic Gothic Works, Vol. 1.0

with 360 Planet, James Hogg, William Beckford, William Godwin, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Ann Radcliffe

alrsayl 1

alrsayl 1

with fywdwr dwstwyfsky and khyry aldamn

alrsayl 2

alrsayl 2

with fywdwr dwstwyfsky and khyry aldamn

Noites Brancas - Fiodor Dostoievski

Noites Brancas - Fiodor Dostoievski

El jugador

El jugador

2026
Noches blancas

Noches blancas

2026
Memorias del subsuelo = Zapiski iz podpol'a

Memorias del subsuelo = Zapiski iz podpol'a

2026
hlm rjl mdhk walmhrj walsarq alshryf

hlm rjl mdhk walmhrj walsarq alshryf

2026

with fywdwr dwstwyfsky

Crimen y Castigo

Crimen y Castigo

2026
Memorias del subsuelo

Memorias del subsuelo

2026

with Sergio Ariza Irujo

The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

2025
Schuld und Suhne: Roman in sechs Teilen mit einem Epilog

Schuld und Suhne: Roman in sechs Teilen mit einem Epilog

2024

with Margit Brauer and Unknown Author

El ladron honrado

El ladron honrado

2024
Kumarbaz

Kumarbaz

2024
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Translator Constance Garnett

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Translator Constance Garnett

2023
L'idiota

L'idiota

2023
Os irmaos Karamazov - 1 e 2 Partes

Os irmaos Karamazov - 1 e 2 Partes

2022
Tainstvennoe proissestvie v Luvre

Tainstvennoe proissestvie v Luvre

2022
A Bad Business

A Bad Business

2022
A Bad Business: Essential Stories

A Bad Business: Essential Stories

2022
Il primo amore

Il primo amore

2021
Essential Novelists - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Essential Novelists - Fyodor Dostoevsky

2020
Notes from Underground & Other Stories

Notes from Underground & Other Stories

2015
The Crime and Punishment Companion

The Crime and Punishment Companion

2014

with BookCaps

Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky

1968
The Brothers Karamazov, Volume 1

The Brothers Karamazov, Volume 1

1879
The Grand Inquisitor

The Grand Inquisitor

1879
The Brothers Karamazov
B+

The Brothers Karamazov

1879·1 grade
A Writer's Diary

A Writer's Diary

1878
A Gentle Creature

A Gentle Creature

1876
The Heavenly Christmas Tree

The Heavenly Christmas Tree

1876
The Adolescent

The Adolescent

1875

with Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Bobok

Bobok

1873
Demons

Demons

1871
The Eternal Husband

The Eternal Husband

1870
The Idiot, Volume 1

The Idiot, Volume 1

1867
The Idiot

The Idiot

1867
Crime and Punishment
B+

Crime and Punishment

1866·1 grade
Crime and Punishment, Volume 2

Crime and Punishment, Volume 2

1866
Crime and Punishment, Volume 1

Crime and Punishment, Volume 1

1866
Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

1863
A Disgraceful Affair: Stories

A Disgraceful Affair: Stories

1862
The Gambler

The Gambler

1862
The Insulted and Humiliated

The Insulted and Humiliated

1861
The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

1861
Uncle's Dream

Uncle's Dream

1859
The Village of Stepanchikovo

The Village of Stepanchikovo

1859
A Little Hero

A Little Hero

1849
Netochka Nezvanova

Netochka Nezvanova

1849
Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed

Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed

1848
The Christmas Tree and the Wedding

The Christmas Tree and the Wedding

1848
An Honest Thief

An Honest Thief

1848
A Faint Heart

A Faint Heart

1848
Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

1847
How Dangerous are Ambitious Dreams

How Dangerous are Ambitious Dreams

1846

with Nikolay A. Nekrasov and Dmitry Grigorovich

Poor Folk

Poor Folk

1845

Novellas2

White Nights

White Nights

1848
The Landlady

The Landlady

1847

Graphic novels1

50 Obras-Primas que Voce Deve Ler Antes de Morrer: Volume 1

50 Obras-Primas que Voce Deve Ler Antes de Morrer: Volume 1

2021

with Maxim Gorky, Sun Tzu, Alexandre Dumas, Homer, Leo Tolstoy, George Orwell, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Euclides da Cunha and Daniel Defoe

Collections11

Greatest Short Stories of Dostoevsky

Greatest Short Stories of Dostoevsky

2024
65+ Russian Short Stories classic collection. Illustrated

65+ Russian Short Stories classic collection. Illustrated

2022

with Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin and Ivan Bunin

50 Great Russian Short Stories. Illustrated

50 Great Russian Short Stories. Illustrated

2021

with Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin and Ivan Bunin

The Gambler and Other Stories

The Gambler and Other Stories

1914
The Eternal Husband and Other Stories

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories

1890
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

1877
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

1877
A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

1876
The Gentle Spirit

The Gentle Spirit

1876
The Crocodile

The Crocodile

1865
White Nights and Other Stories

White Nights and Other Stories

1848

Box sets & omnibuses6

Complete Novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels and Novellas by the Great Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, including Crime and ... Demons, The House of the Dead and many more

Complete Novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels and Novellas by the Great Russian Novelist, Journalist and Philosopher, including Crime and ... Demons, The House of the Dead and many more

2015
The Brothers Karmazov

The Brothers Karmazov

1880
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

1864
Notes from Underground & The Double

Notes from Underground & The Double

1864
Notes from the Underground
A

Notes from the Underground

1847·2 grades
The Double

The Double

1846