Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (1879- 80) is the novel from which "The Grand Inquisitor" is taken. A man is murdered, probably by one of his four sons. As the crime is solved, the novel explores the political and intellectual ideas being debated in nineteenth-century Russia. Several fine English translations are available.
The Double (1846) is a short fantasy novel by Dostoevsky. When a poor civil servant is unable to win the hand of his employer's daughter, his double mysteriously appears and succeeds where he has failed.
Dostoevsky, His Life and Work (1967) is a translation by Michael Minihan of Konstantin Mochulsky's critical biography. A solid and insightful.....
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