The Friend of the Family and Nyetochka Nyezvanov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher:

William Heinemann

, 1920

Overview

First published under the title The Village of Stepanchikovo, The Friend of the Family is a short comedic novel told from the perspective of Sergey Alexandrovich, who is called to Stepanchikovo in order to be swayed into marrying. But there’s a catch—each social authority in the village wants him to marry a different girl, who each has her own set of problems. At the head of the pack is the middle-aged Foma Fomich Opiskin, a passive-aggressive and manipulative noble who everyone seems to think is kind, virtuous, and selfless.

Netochka Nezvanova is Dostoevsky’s earliest attempt at novel writing—interrupted by his exile and imprisonment by the Russian authorities under suspicion of revolutionary activities. Dostoevsky never resumed this novel, leaving it unfinished and the plot unresolved.

Product Details

• Title: The Friend of the Family & Nyetochka Nyezvanov
• Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Series: The Collected Edition of Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Print Publication Date: 1920
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 372
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Russian fiction › 19th century--Translations into English; Russian fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:FRNDFMLY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:45:20Z

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explored human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society.