AUTHORS STUDIED (in the order we read them): Pushkin. Lermontov. Gogol. Fonvizin. Turgenev. Dostoevsky. Leskov. Chekhov. Garshin. Tolstoy. Gorky. Andreev. Bunin. Babel. Zamiatin. Polevoi. Platonov. Nagibin. Ilf and Petrov. Zoshchenko. Nabokov. Paustovsky. Kazakov. Solzhenitsyn. Trifonov. Shukshin. Bitov. Iskander. Aksenov. Aitmatov. Sokolov. Rasputin. Petrushevskaya. Tolstaya.
"Dream of a Ridiculous Man". Text of the story (46K). Constance Garnett translation.
Crime and Punishment. Electronic text of the novel in English (translation by Constance Garnett).
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Lecture on the novel from Russell McNeil. (Malaspina: Great Books)
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Questions/topics and answers from
Hannes Heino. (So why did Raskolnikov kill Alyona Ivanovan? C & P -
a detective novel? C & P as a polyphonic novel. The main
Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment. Study notes from
Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
Crime and Punishment Summary & Study Guide. From
Professor Beyer at Middlebury College.
The Kriukov Channel.... A woodcut of where the White Nights dreamer
hero would take his walks. From "dux.ru."
White Nights in St. Petersburg. Description from Cityvision 2000.
White Nights. Pictures from photo album by Greg Ofman.
White Nights. Several photos and a brief text. Design by Zh.
The City of White Nights: Saint Petersburg. Article by Lev Stone
on the magic of the city of his youth.
"Crocodile". Text of the story (82K).
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from the Underground.
The entire work - 50KB (in English).
Notes on Notes from Underground. From Ian Johnston.
Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground. Study notes from
Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
Study Guide for Notes from Underground. By Professor Paul
Brians (Department of English, Washington State University).
Kant's Aesthetics in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground.
Critical essay by David A. Goldfarb (paper delivered at the
Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Columbia University, 18 March 1995).
Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground. A Study guide by Jen
Marder, Mike Meyer, and Fred Wyshak.
The Brothers Karamazov. Text of the novel. Translated by
Constance Garnett. (long file: 1907k).
Study Guide for The Brothers Karamazov. From
Professor Beyer at Middlebury College.
Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov.
Copyright Joyce Carol Oates.
Historic Attractions and Sightseeing around Novgorod area. Includes
a brief note on Staraya Russa with a picture of Dostoevsky and a picture
of his house in Staraya Russa (=Skotoprigonevsk in Brothers
Karamazov) and Dostoevsky's house (=Karamazov homestead in Brothers
Karamazov)
"Gentle Creature". Text of the story (92K).
"Web Resources: Dostoevsky on the Internet." Useful links from Andreas Teuber, Brandeis University. (
Other links from his course page are also interesting and useful.)
Fyodor Dostoevsky: High Spirit Low Spirit. Copyright©GunungTimur.
Includes information on his life, [time] in prison, travel, writing, along
with links, books.
Dostoevsky: The Website. Sections (with working links to): In the
Words of Others; A Bibliography of Published Works; A Chronology of
Events. In addition, links to: Critical Essays; Study Guides; Esoterica;
Full Text Versions on Line; Other Dostoevsky Sites. From Christiaan
Stange's site "The War On Tuna Cafe."
Dostoevsky Lecture Hall. Message board / chat room for things
Dostoevsky.
Fyodor Dostoevsky. Brief article focusing on D's existentialism,
and including D's biography, commentary, chronology, works,
quotes, resources used. (From Christopher Scott Wyatt.)
Public Electronic Library. A source for Dostoevsky's works (in Russian).
(Evgeny Peskin, moderator).
The Young Dostoevsky and the Dawn of Realism. Study notes from
Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota.
Dostoevsky as Philosopher. Lecture by Jay Gallagher, Nov.28, 1995.
From Professor G.J.Mattey (UC Davis).
Dostoyevski on Freedom. Lecture delivered Nov.30, 1995. From
Professor G.J.Mattey (UC Davis).
Dostoevsky's Theodicy. Honors thesis by Bruce Hansen. Dec.3, 1996.
(Dostoevsky's Own Experience; Dostoevsky's Faith; Negative Examples
of Suffering; Effects of Suffering; Crime and Punishment; The Idiot;
The Brothers Karamazov; The Grand Inquisitor vs. Elder Zosima.
Student papers for a course on Dostoevsky at Middlebury College.
Dostoevsky as a Convict. Sculpture by S.T.Konenkov. Courtesy of
Dostoevsky: Works and Days by Avrahm Yarmolinsky (Funk & Wagnalls,
1971). And
an old Dostoevsky. Two pictures from Thomas Beyer's site.
(English Language Sources)
Excursions [through Dostoevsky's] St. Petersburg.
See the section of paintings by B. Kostigov. From St. Petersburg
Dux Comp. See:
Carpenter Lane. (Where Raskolnikov lived.),
Ekaterininsky cannel. (Setting for some of the events
of Crime and Punishment.),
104 Ekaterinninsky chanel. (The pawnbroker's house.),
Voznesensky bridge. (Where Raskolnikov witnesses a
suicide attempt.),
Chapel on the Nikolaevsky bridge. (Place where Raskolnikov
walks.),
Sennaya Square. (Where Raskolnikov bows down to the earth.)
Woodcuts from "dux.ru."
Dostoevsky Museum in St. Petersburg. Pictures of his flat (room
scenes) and text.
Dostoyevsky Memorial Museum. Page from Cityvision 2000.
F. M. Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum. With pages about the museum,
the collections and the
literary exposition and the
flat:
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Grave. Several pictures by David Conway and
Timothy Gabbert.
Rough notes. For the fifth chapter of novel
The Brothers Karamazov. (From Funet site.)
Museum/Apartment of F. M. Dostoevsky. Brief information (in Russian)
about the museum. (Page created by the LVL Communications Group.) Includes
a picture of Dostoevsky.
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last update 2/14/04
OTHER LITERARY WORKS
"White Nights"
"Crocodile"
Notes from Underground
Brothers Karamazov
"A Gentle Creature"
ON DOSTOEVSKY AND HIS WORKS - GENERAL INFORMATION
(English Language Sources)
(Russian Language Sources)
LECTURES, ARTICLES AND STUDY NOTES ON DOSTOEVSKY
PICTURES OF DOSTOEVSKY / TOURS OF DOSTOEVSKY PLACES
(Russian Language Sources)
