“I could see she was still terribly frightened, but I didn't soften anything; on the contrary, seeing she was frightened, I deliberately intensified it.” In this short story, Dostoevsky masterfully depicts despair, greed, manipulation, and suicide.
We present the Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the enormous diversity and variety of Penguin's classics, with books from all over the world and throughout many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossoming trees in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Dostoevsky's works available in Penguin Classics include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Double, The Gambler and Other Stories, The Grand Inquisitor, Notes from Underground, Netochka Nezvanova, The House of the Dead, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Village of Stepanchikovo.
Pages: 64, Dimensions: 11x11cm
5 Coins
To earn Skroutz Coins, join Skroutz Plus and accept the terms of the reward program.