A Gentle Spirit & A Faint Heart
$16.99
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Fyodor Dostoevsky, titan of Russian literature, in these two searing novellas of love, despair, and the weight of the human soul.
Two of Dostoevsky’s most powerful novellas of obsession, cruelty, and the fragility of the heart.
A pawnbroker paces beside his young wife’s body, attempting to piece together the circumstances that led to her suicide. A young man is overwhelmed by his own contentment and sows his ruin in a fierce attempt to protect…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529981483 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529981484 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 112g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
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About The Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer.
His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock-execution his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia where he developed epilepsy. He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead, was based on these experiences.
In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist position. In the following years he spent a lot of time abroad, struggled with an addiction to gambling and fell deeply in debt. His wife died in 1864 and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina.
In the following years he published his most enduring and successful books, including Crime and Punishment (1865). He died on 9th February 1881.
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