Publisher's Synopsis
Here, then, are Dostoevsky's short stories. As in all his writings, the tales range the emotional gamut from drama to laughter, from psychological inversion and tragedy to deep and abiding understanding of humanity. His people are people who exist everywhere, but whom only a Dostoevsky could successfully interpret. Only after reading Dostoevsky's complete work-novels, nouvelles, autobiography and short stories-can one realize the unrivalled scope of his great talent.Includes: "An Honest Thief", "A Novel in Nine Letters", "An Unpleasant Predicament", "Another Man's Wife", "The Husband Under the Bed" (An Extraordinary Adventure), "The Heavenly Christmas Tree", " The Peasant Marey", "The Crocodile" (An Extraordinary Incident), "Bobok" (From Somebody's Diary), "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man".
