A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fjodor M Dostojewski, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Book Overview

"A Gentle Spirit" sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that frequents his shop. The story was inspired by a news report that Dostoyevsky read in April 1876 about the suicide of a seamstress. Dostoyevsky referred to it as a "meek suicide" that "keeps haunting you for a long time."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153509785X
• ISBN13: 9781535097857
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"