Short Stories: Dostoyevsky

The book I would like to mention is one that's downloadable from Gutenberg.org by clicking on the following link:

Short Stories by Fiodor Dostoievski

I have read only half the stories so far, but they are written in that unique Dostoyevsky style that some will enjoy and others will probably find maddening. If nothing else, they are intriguing and unpredictable. I think he writes beautifully for short stories, but that's hardly surprising. After all, this is Dostoyevsky.

Some are quite long for "short" stories, but they vary considerably in length. "The Heavenly Christmas Tree", the shortest one, is to me the Russian version of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl". Which came first? The era is the same. Who cares?

But I don't want to focus on that. The longer the story, the better. What a film scriptwriter he would have made in our day!

It's free, and downloadable in a variety of formats to suit anyone, or could be read online, but I must admit it's more fun to read on a Kindle Reader or in a Kindle or Calibre program for your Mac or PC. 

Instructions on how to do that, if required, are on my Gutenberg blogsite, together with the latest books available for September 2012.

CONTENTS                                         PAGE 

AN HONEST THIEF                                    1 

A NOVEL IN NINE LETTERS                           21 

AN UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT                         36 

ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE                               101 

THE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS TREE                      151 

THE PEASANT MAREY                                156 

THE CROCODILE                                    163 

BOBOK                                            205 

THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN                    225

Denis Wright

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