A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story Contributor(s): Gouveia, Andrea (Editor), Gouveia, Andrea (Translator), Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 153509785X ISBN-13: 9781535097857 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Short Stories - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.09" H x 6" W x 9" (0.16 lbs) 44 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "A Gentle Spirit" sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that frequents his shop. The story was inspired by a news report that Dostoyevsky read in April 1876 about the suicide of a seamstress. Dostoyevsky referred to it as a "meek suicide" that "keeps haunting you for a long time." |