Fyodor Dostoevsky
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in world literature loom as large or as tormented as Fyodor Dostoevsky, and J. A. T. Lloyd's biographical and critical study presents a rigorous, penetrating examination of the man behind such monumental works as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. Lloyd chronicles the extraordinary arc of Dostoevsky's life — from his harrowing mock execution and years of Siberian imprisonment to his emergence as one of the nineteenth century's most profound moral and spiritual voices — illuminating how suffering, faith, and social upheaval shaped every line the Russian master wrote. Published by the distinguished London house Eyre & Spottiswoode, this study argues that Dostoevsky's genius cannot be separated from his tumultuous biography, drawing on the writer's letters, notebooks, and contemporaries to construct a vivid portrait of creative anguish in an age of radical change. Lloyd's prose is measured yet passionate, befitting a subject whose own work oscillated between ecstatic faith and existential despair. For anyone seeking to understand why Dostoevsky's psychological intensity continues to resonate across cultures and centuries, this critical biography offers an indispensable — and quietly revelatory — point of entry.
Author: J. A. T. Lloyd
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in world literature loom as large or as tormented as Fyodor Dostoevsky, and J. A. T. Lloyd's biographical and critical study presents a rigorous, penetrating examination of the man behind such monumental works as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. Lloyd chronicles the extraordinary arc of Dostoevsky's life — from his harrowing mock execution and years of Siberian imprisonment to his emergence as one of the nineteenth century's most profound moral and spiritual voices — illuminating how suffering, faith, and social upheaval shaped every line the Russian master wrote. Published by the distinguished London house Eyre & Spottiswoode, this study argues that Dostoevsky's genius cannot be separated from his tumultuous biography, drawing on the writer's letters, notebooks, and contemporaries to construct a vivid portrait of creative anguish in an age of radical change. Lloyd's prose is measured yet passionate, befitting a subject whose own work oscillated between ecstatic faith and existential despair. For anyone seeking to understand why Dostoevsky's psychological intensity continues to resonate across cultures and centuries, this critical biography offers an indispensable — and quietly revelatory — point of entry.