By FEDOR
DOSTOIEFFSKY.
Translated from the original Russian by Fred.
Whishaw.
“There are three
Russian novelists who, though, with one exception, little known out
of their own country, stand head and shoulders above most of their
contemporaries. In the opinion of some not indifferent critics, they
are superior to all other novelists of this generation. Two of them,
Dostoieffsky and Turgenieff, died not long ago; the third, Lyof
Tolstoi, still lives. The one with the most marked individuality of
character, probably the most highly gifted, was unquestionably
Dostoieffsky.”—Spectator.
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THE IDIOT.
“Is
unquestionably a work of great power and originality. M. Dostoieffsky
crowds his canvas with living organisms, depicted with extreme
vividness.”—Scotsman.
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THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY; AND THE GAMBLER.
“Dostoieffsky is
one of the keenest observers of humanity amongst modern novelists.
Both stories are very valuable as pictures of a society and a people
with whom we are imperfectly acquainted, but who deserve the closest
scrutiny.”—Public Opinion.
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INJURY AND INSULT.
“That
‘Injury and
Insult’
is a powerful novel few will deny.
Vania is a marvellous character. Once read, the book can never be
forgotten.”—St. Stephen's
Review.
“A masterpiece
of fiction. The author has treated with consummate tact the
difficult character of Natasha, ‘the incarnation of the slave of
passion.’She
lives and breathes in these vivid pages, and the reader is drawn
into the vortex of her anguish, and rejoices when she breaks free
from her chain.”—Morning Post.
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
“Dostoieffsky is
one of the most remarkable of modern writers, and his book,
‘Crime and
Punishment’
is one of the most moving of modern
novels. It is the story of a murder and of the punishment which dogs
the murderer; and its effect is unique in fiction. It is realism, but
such realism as M. Zola and his followers do not dream of. The reader
knows the personages—strange grotesque, terrible personages they
are—more intimately than if he had been years with them in the flesh.
He is constrained to live their lives, to suffer their tortures, to
scheme and resist with them, exult with them, weep and laugh and
despair with them; he breathes the very breath of their nostrils, and
with the madness that comes upon them he is afflicted even as they.
This sounds extravagant praise, no doubt; but only to those who have
not read the volume. To those who have, we are sure that it will
appear rather under the mark than otherwise.”—The Athenæum.
VIZETELLY'S RUSSIAN NOVELS.
Uncle's Dream;
AND
The Permanent Husband.
By FEDOR DOSTOIEFFSKY,
AUTHOR OF “CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT,”
“INJURY AND
INSULT,”
“THE
IDIOT,”
“THE FRIEND
OF THE FAMILY; AND THE GAMBLER.”
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY
FREDERICK WHISHAW.
LONDON:
VIZETELLY & CO., 16,
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1888.