Disgraceful Affair

Name: Disgraceful Affair
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780061925610

by Unknown Author

224 pages2009HarperCollins PublishersISBN 9780061925610

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From the unparalleled master of classic Russian literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, comes a collection of three powerful short works that explore the farthest corners of the human soul. This volume serves as a perfect entry point into the author’s enduring themes of alienation, social anxiety, and the search for spiritual truth, showcasing the profound psychological drama for which he is renowned. This essential short story collection travels from the luminous, dream-like nights of 19th-century St. Petersburg to the far reaches of the cosmos. A lonely dreamer finds a fleeting chance at love, a high-ranking official’s well-intentioned idealism leads to a night of spectacular humiliation, and a man on the verge of suicide discovers a truth so profound it gives him a new reason to live. Each narrative is a literary classic in its own right, offering a unique glimpse into the moral complexity that defines our existence.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2009
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780061925610
Language: English

About Unknown Author

Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky was a journalist and short-story writer, whose psychological penetration into the human soul profoundly influenced the 20th century novel. Dostoevsky's novels have much autobiographical elements, but ultimately they deal with moral and philosophical questions. He presented interacting characters with contrasting views or ideas about freedom of choice, Socialism, atheisms, good and evil, happiness and so forth. Dostoevsky's central obsession was God, whom his characters constantly search through painful errors and humiliations. ([Source][1]) Dostoyevsky's literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th-century existentialism, his *Notes from Underground* (1864), written in the embittered voice of the anonymous "underground man", was called by Walter Kaufmann the "best overture for existentialism ever written." A prominent figure in world literature, Dostoyevsky is often acknowledged by critics as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. ([Source][2]) Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (рус. дореф. Ѳедоръ Михайловичъ Достоевскій; 30 октября [11 ноября] 1821, Москва, Российская империя — 28 января [9 февраля] 1881, Санкт-Петербург, Российская империя) — русский писатель, мыслитель, философ и публицист. Член-корреспондент Петербургской АН с 1877 года. ([Source][3]) Как в начале, так и в продолжении своего литературного творчества после четырёх лет каторги и ссылки за участие в кружке Петрашевского Достоевский выступал в качестве новатора в русле традиций русского реализма, что не получило должной оценки современников при жизни писателя. ([Source][3]) После смерти Достоевский был признан классиком русской литературы и одним из лучших романистов мирового значения, считается первым представителем персонализма в России. Творчество русского писателя оказало воздействие