The Meek One - Softcover

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

 
9781918509342: The Meek One
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1918509344 ISBN 13: 9781918509342
Verlag: The Lost Book Project, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

The Meek One, also published in English as The Gentle Spirit, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is one of Dostoevsky’s most intense and psychologically penetrating short works. First published in 1876, this novella presents a harrowing interior monologue in which a man confronts the suicide of his young wife and attempts to justify, explain, and unravel his own moral responsibility.

Told almost entirely through the fractured thoughts of the husband, The Meek One is a masterclass in psychological realism. Dostoevsky explores power, pride, cruelty, silence, and emotional domination within marriage, revealing how moral blindness and intellectual arrogance can destroy intimacy. The narrator’s voice shifts between confession, self defense, and despair, exposing the unstable inner logic of a man who believes himself rational while remaining incapable of love or humility.

Often read alongside Notes from Underground and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, this work represents Dostoevsky’s late style at its most compressed and unforgiving. It is essential reading for those interested in psychological fiction, existential literature, moral philosophy, and the anatomy of guilt. Known to English readers under both titles, The Meek One or The Gentle Spirit remains a disturbing and relevant examination of conscience, responsibility, and the consequences of emotional tyranny.

This edition presents a timeless classic of Russian literature that continues to challenge readers with its unsparing portrayal of the human capacity for self deception.

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Verlag
The Lost Book Project
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1918509344
ISBN 13 
9781918509342
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
46
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