1821-1881

Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Brothers Karamazov, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

A study of Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel, "Crime and punishment", with critical commentary and an analysis of the text.

Presents Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes From Underground", which explores the passionate confessions of a suffering man who identifies himself as sick and spiteful, as well as two additional short stories and excerpts from his longer work, "The House of the Dead.".

A graphic adaptation of the Russian novel, here set in twenty-first-century St. Petersburg, in which Raskolnikov murders a woman and is consumed by guilt.

Presents a collection of seven short stories by nineteenth-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and features "Notes from the Underground," the first major work of existential literature.

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", as well as discussion of the characters and themes, and includes study questions.