Letters Of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoevsky To His Family And Friends
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Acceptable to poor overall, with the front panel of the dustjacket adhered to the board and no jacket otherwise present, pages yellowed and tanned throughout, usual ex-library markings present, and while the binding itself appears intact, the boards and preliminary pages are in poor condition with the main content otherwise remaining complete.
This landmark collection of correspondence presents the private world of one of literature's most towering figures, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, through his intimate letters to family and friends. Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne and introduced by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, the volume chronicles the inner life of the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, revealing the man behind the masterpieces. The letters illuminate Dostoevsky's passionate relationships, his financial struggles, his spiritual convictions, and the creative obsessions that shaped his extraordinary fiction. Written with an earnest and confessional intensity that mirrors the spirit of his novels, this collection offers an unparalleled window into nineteenth-century Russian literary culture. An essential primary source for admirers of Dostoevsky and students of Russian literature alike, it stands as a deeply human document from one of the world's greatest writers.
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Peter Owen Limited
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Acceptable to poor overall, with the front panel of the dustjacket adhered to the board and no jacket otherwise present, pages yellowed and tanned throughout, usual ex-library markings present, and while the binding itself appears intact, the boards and preliminary pages are in poor condition with the main content otherwise remaining complete.
This landmark collection of correspondence presents the private world of one of literature's most towering figures, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, through his intimate letters to family and friends. Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne and introduced by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, the volume chronicles the inner life of the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, revealing the man behind the masterpieces. The letters illuminate Dostoevsky's passionate relationships, his financial struggles, his spiritual convictions, and the creative obsessions that shaped his extraordinary fiction. Written with an earnest and confessional intensity that mirrors the spirit of his novels, this collection offers an unparalleled window into nineteenth-century Russian literary culture. An essential primary source for admirers of Dostoevsky and students of Russian literature alike, it stands as a deeply human document from one of the world's greatest writers.