A confessional novel about the search for "a guiding thread of conduct, of good and evil, which is lacking in our society," Dostoevsky's take on the eternal problem of fathers and sons — and one of the most suspenseful and underrated parts of the "Dostoevsky pentateuch."
19-year-old Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and a serf, arrives in St. Petersburg after graduating from the gymnasium. It is here, in the capital, that Arkady, who has suffered all his life because of his origins, hopes to become a new Rothschild — to gain freedom and power through wealth. By chance, a compromising document falls into his hands that could decide the fate of a young lady. Arkady's father harbors a fatal passion for this young lady — and he himself falls in love with her too...
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pages: 704 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 207×135×30 mm
Series: Eternal Stories
