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