Scanned by Martin Adamson martin@grassmarket.freeserve.co.uk The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Translated by Eva Martin PART I I. Towards the end of November, during a thaw, at nine o’clock one morning, a train on the Warsaw and Petersburg railway was approaching the latter city at full speed. The morning was so damp and misty that it
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
E-Text prepared by Martin Adamson martin@grassmarket.freeserve.co.uk Poor Folk Fyodor Dostoyevsky Translated by CJ Hogarth April 8th MY DEAREST BARBARA ALEXIEVNA,–How happy I was last night–how immeasurably, how impossibly happy! That was because for once in your life you had relented so far as to obey my wishes. At about eight o’clock I awoke from sleep
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
PART I Underground* *The author of the diary and the diary itself are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society, when we consider the circumstances in the midst of which our society is formed. I have
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg. I received from them a welcome quite different to that which I had expected. The General eyed me coldly, greeted me in rather haughty fashion, and dismissed me to pay my respects