Fyodor Dostoevsky bibliography explained

Author:Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Novellink:Novels and novellas
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Articlelink:Articles and essays
Story:18
Storylink:Short stories
Playlink:Other
Letterlink:Letters
Journal:2
Editorbook:1
Option:10
Optionname:Poems and epigrams
Optionlink:Poems, epigrams and limericks
1Option:3
1Optionname:Almanacs
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2Option:3
2Optionname:Novellas
2Optionlink:Novels and novellas
Translation:1
Pamphlet:1
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The bibliography of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) comprises novels, novellas, short stories, essays and other literary works. Raised by a literate family, Dostoyevsky discovered literature at an early age, beginning when his mother introduced the Bible to him. Nannies near the hospitalsin the grounds of which he was raisedintroduced Dostoyevsky to fairy tales, legends and sagas. His mother's subscription to the Library of Reading gave him access to the leading contemporary Russian and non-Russian literature. After his mother's death, Dostoyevsky moved from a boarding school to a military academy and despite the resulting lack of money, he was captivated by literature until his death.

Dostoyevsky started his writing career after finishing university. He started translating literature from Frenchwhich he learnt at the boarding schoolinto Russian, and then wrote short stories. With the success of his first novel, Poor Folk, he became known throughout Saint Petersburg and Russia. Vissarion Belinsky, Alexander Herzen and others praised Poor Folks depiction of poverty, and Belinsky called it Russia's "first social novel". This success did not continue with his second novel, The Double, and other short stories published mainly in left-wing magazines. These magazines included Notes of the Fatherland and The Contemporary.

Dostoyevsky's renewed financial troubles led him to join several political circles. Because of his participation in the Petrashevsky Circle, in which he distributed and read several Belinsky articles deemed as anti-religious and anti-government, he and other members were sentenced to capital punishment. He was pardoned at the last minute, but they were imprisoned in SiberiaDostoyevsky for four years. During his detention he wrote several works, including the autobiographical The House of the Dead. A New Testament booklet, which had been given shortly before his imprisonment, and other literature obtained outside of the barracks, were the only books he read at that time.

Following his release, Dostoyevsky read a myriad of literature and gradually became interested in nationalistic and conservative philosophies and increasingly sceptical towards contemporary movementsespecially the Nihilists. Dostoyevsky wrote his most important works after his time in Siberia, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Gambler and The Brothers Karamazov. With the help of his brother Mikhail, Dostoyevsky opened two magazinesVremya and Epochin which some of his stories appeared. Following their closures, most of his works were issued in the conservative The Russian Messenger until the introduction of A Writer's Diary, which comprised most of his worksincluding essays and articles. Several drafts and plans, especially those begun during his honeymoon, were unfinished at his death.

Novels and novellas

List of novels and novellas of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Title1st publisher1st English translatorNotes

Бедные люди, Bednye Lyudi
(1894)Novel

Двойник, Dvoynik
(1917)Novel

Хозяйка, Khozayka
(1913)[1] Novella[2]

Неточка Незванова
(1920)[3] (Unfinished) Abandoned novel

Дядюшкин сон, Dyadushkin son
(1888)[4] Novella

Село Степанчиково и его обитатели, Selo Stepanchikovo i evo obitateli
(1887)[5] Novel; also known as The Friend of the Family

Униженные и оскорблённые, Unizhyonnye i oskorblyonye
(1887)[6] Novel; also known as Insulted and Injured and Injury and Insult

Записки из Мёртвого дома,
Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma
(1881)[7] Novel; also known as House of the Dead, or Prison Life in Siberia and Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia

Записки из подполья,
Zapiski iz podpol'ya
(1913)Novella in two parts; also known as Notes from the Underground and Letters from the Underworld

Преступление и наказание, Prestupleniye i nakazaniye
(1885)[8] Novel

Игрок, Igrok
(1887)Novel

Идиот, Idiot
(1887)[9] Novel

Вечный муж, Vechny muzh
(1888)Novel; also known as The Permanent Husband

Бесы, Besy
(1916)[10] Novel; also known as The Possessed and The Devils

Подросток, Podrostok
(1916)[11] Novel; also known as The Raw Youth and An Accidental Family

Братья Карамазовы,
Brat'ya Karamazovy
(1900)[12] Novel in twelve "books" and an epilogue; originally intended as first part of the epic The Life of a Great Sinner

Short stories

List of short stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Title1st publisher1st English translatorNotes

Господин Прохарчин, Gospodin Prokharchin
(1918)[13]

Роман в девяти письмах, Roman v devyati pis'makh
Unknown (1900)

Ревнивый муж, Revnyvy muzh
[14]

Чужая жена, Chuzhaya zhena

Чужая жена и муж под кроватью,
Chuzhaya zhena i muzh pod krovat'yu
Unknown (1900)Merger between "A Jealous Husband" and "Another Man's Wife"

Слабое сердце, Slaboe serdtse
(1918)Also known as "A Faint Heart"

Ползунков, Polzunkov
(1918)[15]

Честный вор, Chestny vor
Unknown (1900)

Ёлка и свадьба, Yolka i svad'ba
(1918)

Белые ночи, Belye nochi
(1918)[16]

Маленький герой, Malenkiy geroy
(1918)

Скверный анекдот, Skverny anekdot
Unknown (1900)Also known as "A Disgraceful Affair", "A Nasty Anecdote", "A Most Unfortunate Incident", "An Unpleasant Predicament"

Крокодил, Krokodil
Unknown (1900)

Бобок, Bobok
Unknown (1900)

Мужик Марей, Muzhik Marey
Unknown (1900)

Мальчик у Христа на ёлке, Mal'chik u Khrista na yolke
Unknown (1900)

Кроткая, Krotkaya
(1917)Also known as "The Meek One", "A Gentle Maiden", "The Gentle Maiden", "A Gentle Spirit"[17]

Сон смешного человека, Son smeshnovo cheloveka
Unknown (1900)

Articles and essays

See main article: article and A Writer's Diary. Diary articles

Dostoyevsky wrote 221 Diary articles (excluding short stories listed in the respective section above) within two periods. The initial 1873 works were published in The Citizen, the editor of which was Dostoyevsky, and from 1876 – 1877 the Diary was self-published. The English titles of the following list of works are extracted from Kenneth Lantz's two-volume translations.

A Writer's Diary is a collection mainly of essays and articles, which also include, for example, answers to readers, introductions, etc., making the Diaries a journal-like book written and mostly edited by Dostoyevsky.

List of initial Diary articles, issued in 1873:

Other articles and essays

Dostoyevsky wrote articles and essays outside the Diaries collection. These include the 1863 travelogue Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, in which he satirised and criticised European life.[18] Other articles were written in response or as a criticism to a literary work, a person's view, requests to the military during the imprisonment period, announcements, notes and explanations. Some of them were written for different journals or almanacs.

Letters

See main article: article and List of letters from Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Translations

List of literary works translated by Fyodor Dostoyevsky into Russian.
TitleDateNotes
by Eugène SueAbandoned due to lack of funds
by Honoré de BalzacThe only finished translation. Published in June/July 1843 in the 6th and 7th volume of the journal Repertoire and Pantheon
by George SandAbandoned because a translation was published in 1837[19]
by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelProposed collaborative translation with friend Wrangel (a speaker of German)[20]
by Carl Gustav CarusProposed collaborative translation with friend Wrangel (a speaker of German)

Almanacs

Poems, epigrams and limericks

Collaborative works

Pamphlets

Other

References

Complete works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Letters from the underworld : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . 12 July 2013.
  2. Book: Mochulsky, Konstantin. Dostoevsky: His Life and Work. 1967. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-06027-9. 78. 1 August 2016. 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726162338/https://books.google.com/books?id=mDKphT8_XLsC. live.
  3. Web site: The novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 12 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Uncle's dream; and, The permanent husband : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 1888 . 12 July 2013.
  5. Web site: The friend of the family; and The gambler : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . 12 July 2013.
  6. Web site: Injury and Insult : Fyodor Dostoyevsky : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . Vizetelly & Co. . 12 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia . 1881 . Longmans, Green, and co. . 12 July 2013.
  8. Book: France, Peter. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. registration. 2001. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-818359-4. 598.
  9. Web site: The idiot : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . 12 July 2013.
  10. Web site: The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Search eText, Read Online, Study, Discuss . Online-literature.com . 26 January 2007 . 12 July 2013 . 30 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530050605/http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/the-possessed/ . live .
  11. Web site: A raw youth : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . 12 July 2013.
  12. Web site: The brothers Karamazov : Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive . 10 March 2001 . 12 July 2013.
  13. Web site: White Nights and Other Stories, by Fyodor Dostoevsky . Project Gutenberg . 5 May 2011 . 12 July 2013 . 8 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130308064625/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/36034/36034-h/36034-h.htm . live .
  14. Book: Mochulsky, Konstantin. Dostoevsky: His Life and Work. 1967. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-06027-9. 82. 1 August 2016. 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726162338/https://books.google.com/books?id=mDKphT8_XLsC. live.
  15. Book: Dostoevsky, Fyodor . 1988 . ru:Ползунков . Polzunkov ., vol. 2 pp. 34–48 . https://rvb.ru/dostoevski/01text/vol2/08.htm . 27 November 2023 . 23 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034314/http://rvb.ru/dostoevski/01text/vol2/08.htm . live .
  16. Book: Wasiolek, Edward. Edward Wasiolek. Dostoevsky: The Major Fiction. registration. 1971. M. I. T. Press. 978-0-2627-3026-6. 217.
  17. Web site: Кроткая. A Gentle Creature. Mashkov Library. 27 February 2013. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107101022/http://az.lib.ru/d/dostoewskij_f_m/text_0460.shtml. live.
  18. Web site: Зимние заметки о летних впечатлениях . Winter Notes on Summer Impressions . Mashkov Library . 27 January 2009 . 27 February 2013 . 22 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022212110/http://az.lib.ru/d/dostoewskij_f_m/text_0040.shtml . live .
  19. Book: Catteau, Jacques. Dostoyevsky and the Process of Literary Creation. 1989. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-32436-6. 12–13.
  20. Book: Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859. 1987. 1983. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-01422-7. 171. 1 August 2016. 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726162840/https://books.google.com/books?id=K98hhw0IEHgC. live.
  21. Book: Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky: The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871–1881. 2003. 2002. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-11569-6. 150.
  22. Book: Mochulsky, Konstantin. Dostoevsky: His Life and Work. 1967. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-06027-9. 489. 1 August 2016. 26 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230726162338/https://books.google.com/books?id=mDKphT8_XLsC. live.