Fyodor Dostoevsky
2) Poor Folk
3) The Gambler
Dostoevsky's Psychological Exploration
"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground
Notes from the Underground is the diary of an unnamed narrator who has completely withdrawn from society. One of Fyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece novels, Notes from the Underground combines elements of fiction and philosophy in a psychological novel that explores the existential
...A captivating story about the price of human freedom.
"Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Grand Inquisitor
Part of "The Brothers Karamazov", this is an important short section because of its ideas about freedom and human nature. The central character in this work is...The Life in a Siberian Prison
"Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has its own organic life, it develops finally into a disease. The habit can kill and coarsen the very best man or woman to the level of a beast. Blood and power intoxicate ... the return of the human dignity, repentance and regeneration becomes almost
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