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An Honest Thief

Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
28 pages
ISBN
9781911263074
Published
15 February 2016
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Dostoyevsky
  • Dostoyevskiy
  • Christmas
  • Dostoevsky
  • idealism
  • rationalism
  • empiricism
  • materialism
  • utilitarianism
  • positivism

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Description

A lodger named Emelyan — poor, thirsty, pitiful — is taken in. Kindness becomes a job: food, lectures, the hope of work. Then a wadded greatcoat goes missing. Dostoyevsky’s An Honest Thief is a small apartment and a large question: what honesty is, when pity and drink share a bed. Compassion, tested, and not quite refused. Dostoyevsky in a single room, without the courtroom. The narrator wants to be good; the lodger wants another glass; the coat becomes a verdict neither man can quite pronounce.

Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer and philosopher who is considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time. His major works include Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and War and Peace. Dostoyevsky was known for his psychological insight, his criticism of social injustice, and his profound understanding of the human condition.

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