The Collected Short Stories Of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Readings Classics)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short stories reveal his unparalleled insight into the human psyche, blending dark satire, spiritual yearning, and philosophical depth. In “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”, he crafts a profound allegory of redemption and lost innocence, as a man on the brink of suicide journeys through a dream that transforms his understanding of existence. “The Crocodile” and “Bobok”, on the other hand, showcase Dostoyevsky’s biting wit and surreal imagination-satirizing bureaucratic absurdities and exploring life beyond the grave in unsettling, comical ways. These and other stories in this volume are rich with existential inquiry and moral paradoxes. They reflect Dostoyevsky’s fascination with the grotesque and the divine, the absurd and the sublime. Through eccentric characters and improbable events, he compels readers to confront the deeper truths of conscience, vanity, and the soul’s search for meaning. This collection is an essential portal into the mind of a literary visionary at his most daring.