{"product_id":"2026100009061-secondhand-a-raw-youth","title":"A Raw Youth","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: price clipped dj. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent social landscape of nineteenth-century Russia, a young man consumed by ambition, illegitimacy, and a desperate hunger for belonging sets out to forge his own destiny — this is the raw, restless world of Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of a dissolute landowner, whose journey forms the beating heart of Fyodor Dostoevsky's A Raw Youth. Narrated in the first person with disarming candour, the novel chronicles Arkady's tormented quest to reconcile his secret idea — the accumulation of wealth as a means to personal power and freedom — with the chaos of his fractured family relationships and the moral corruption he encounters at every turn. Dostoevsky masterfully captures the psychological volatility of youth, rendering Arkady's inner contradictions with an intensity that feels both confessional and universal.\n\nOften considered the most autobiographical of Dostoevsky's major novels, A Raw Youth stands as a profound meditation on identity, social alienation, and the conflict between idealism and moral degradation in a rapidly changing Russia. Written between The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, it illustrates the full breadth of Dostoevsky's genius for psychological realism and his unflinching interrogation of the human soul. Translated from the Russian by the legendary Constance Garnett — whose translations introduced an entire generation of English readers to the great Russian masters — this edition invites readers to discover, or rediscover, a novel that asks whether a restless, unformed soul can ever truly find its place in an indifferent world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49309667328219,"sku":"2026100009061-SECONDHAND","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7d23f56e-90e5-4453-9ea5-0a30807aeade.png?v=1789454841","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009061-secondhand-a-raw-youth","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}