The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

After a brief military career the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel Poor Folk in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevskys reputation as one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century. Early participation in a literary/political group landed the writer in exile in Siberia for nearly a decade an experience which had a profound influence on Dostoyevskys understanding of fate the suffering of human beings and resulted in a powerful religious conversion experience. Dostoyevskys works are marked by his penetrating exploration of psychology and morality which are today cited as highly existentialist. This definitive collection of Dostoyevskys short stories includes: White Nights An Honest Thief A Christmas Tree and a Wedding The Peasant Marey Notes From Underground A Faint Heart and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.