A brilliant and successful career seemed to open before him, but those hopes were soon dashed. The shy, unknown youth found himself instantly something of a celebrity. This story was published by the poet Nekrassov in his review and was received with acclamations. There he had already begun his first work, Poor Folk. Though always sickly and delicate Dostoyevsky came out third in the final examination of the Petersburg school of Engineering.

The father and mother spent their evenings in reading aloud to their children, generally from books of a serious character. His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms. ISBN: 9781909676954 (ebk)Ī few words about Dostoyevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work.ĭostoyevsky was the son of a doctor. Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data.Ī catalogue record for this book has been requested. However, no responsibility can be accepted by the publishers or compilers for the accuracy of the information presented.īritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.Ī catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The greatest care has been taken in compiling this book. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. TOKYO ∙ SYDNEY ∙ CAPE TOWN ∙ AUCKLAND ∙ BEIJINGĬover design and artwork © 2013 .ukĪll Rights Reserved. PARIS ∙ MADRID ∙ BERLIN ∙ ROME ∙ MEXICO CITY ∙ MUMBAI ∙ SEOUL ∙ DOHA LONDON ∙ NEW YORK ∙ TORONTO ∙ SAO PAULO ∙ MOSCOW

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