Constance Garnett Books

The final masterpiece from the celebrated author of Crime and Punishment and The Idiot... This extraordinary novel, Dostoyevsky’s last and greatest work, tells the dramatic story of four brothers—Dmitri, pleasure-seeking, impatient, unruly . . . Ivan, brilliant and morose . . . Alyosha, gentle, loving, honest . . . and the illegitimate Smerdyakov, sly, silent, cruel. Driven by intense passion, they become involved in the brutal murder of their own father, one of the most loathsome characters in all literature. Featuring the famous chapter, “The Grand Inquisitor,” Dostoyevsky’s final masterpiece is at once a complex character study, a riveting murder mystery, and a fascinating examination of man’s morality and the question of God’s existence. Translated by Constance Garnett Edited and with a Foreword by Manuel Komroff and an Afterword by Sara Paretsky

Dostoievski prezintă un personaj aparte, dotat cu calități deosebite, în special bunătatea și sinceritatea. Prințul Miskin, capabil să se sacrifice pentru ceilalți, este perceput de societate ca un idiot. Aceasta a fost motivul pentru care autorul a ales un titlu diferit, renunțând la „Prințul Miskin”. Într-o călătorie cu trenul spre Sankt Petersburg, Miskin se împrietenește cu Rogojin, care îi povestește despre pasiunea sa pentru Nastasia Filipovna, o femeie frumoasă, dar cu o reputație îndoielnică. La onomastica acesteia, Miskin observă cum Rogojin, sub influența alcoolului, îi oferă o sumă mare de bani pentru a o convinge să plece cu el. Văzând disperarea Nastasiei, prințul îi propune căsătoria pentru a o ajuta, dar aceasta refuză, crezând că gestul său este dictat de milă, nu de dragoste, și alege să plece cu Rogojin. Astfel, prietenia dintre Miskin și Rogojin se transformă în dușmănie, Rogojin încercând chiar să-l omoare pe prinț. Miskin scapă, surprinzător, datorită unei crize de epilepsie provocate de tensiunea momentului. La 27 de ani, prințul are un aspect distinctiv: părul bălai și des, obrajii supți și o bărbuță rară, iar ochii săi mari, albaștri, exprimă o blândețe apăsătoare, evidențiind natura sa de epileptic.

"Anna Karenina" is perhaps the greatest novel of all time. It tells the story of Anna, married to the dull, cold Karenin in 19th century St. Petersburg, Russia. She falls in love with a handsome young soldier, Vronsky. At first Anna is happy, but the story ends in despair, and death. -- from p. 4 of cover.

Oscar Wilde claimed that Humiliated and Insulted is not at all inferior to the other great masterpieces and Friedrich Nietzsche is said to have wept over it. Its construction is that of an intricate detective novel, and the reader is plunged into a world of moral degradation, childhood trauma and, above all, unrequited love.

Classic / British English Raskolnikoff, a young student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and, poor and lonely, he develops a plan to murder a greedy old moneylender. Surely the murder of one worthless old woman would be excused, even approved of, if it made possible a thousand good deeds? But this crime is just the beginning of the story...

A collection of one novella and six short stories - The Gambler, Bobok, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, A Christmas Party and a Wedding, A Nasty Story and The Meek One.

Presented here in a masterful new translation by Michael Pursglove, this landmark collection established the literary reputation of the author, who considered it his most significant contribution to Russian literature, and is universally regarded as a milestone in the Russian realist tradition.

A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. Powerful and accessible, it offers a captivating and revealing exploration of love, guilt, and hatred.

Brand-new translation of one of Turgenevs major novels, includes pictures and an extensive section on Turgenevs life and works.