- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd (25 Nov 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843912082
- ISBN-13: 978-1843912088
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 11.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 319,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When the ageing Russian Prince, Prince K., arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection, with the aim of engineering his marriage with her twenty-three year old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. The gossiping and rumour-mill of the country village are deftly captured in Dostoevsky's mock-heroic tone. A rare foray into comedy by the giant of Russian literature, Uncle's Dream nonetheless still possesses all the hallmarks of Dostoevsky's psychological and philosophical writing.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky is a leading figure in Russian literature, and is regarded as one of the greatest prose writers of all time. A profound and brilliant thinker, he was remarkable in his powers of character analysis and narrative technique, most notably demonstrated in the novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
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A short work from the hand of a master of Russian literature,
By A Common Reader "Committed to reading" (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Uncle's Dream (Hesperus Classics) (Paperback)
Hesperus Press have provided readers with the perfect way to get into the work of Dostoevsky by publishing Uncle's Dream, a short (150 page) novel which he wrote in 1859, seven years before he wrote Crime and Punishment. All the qualities of the great author are there - insights into Russian lives with all the insights into hidden motives and the psychological manouverings which underpin so much human behaviour. And also, in the case of this book at least, a great sense of humour, which at times lead Dostoevsky to set up almost farcical scenes as family members vie for an inheritance.In Uncle's Dream, an amibitious mother (Maria Alexandrovna Moskalyova - and I won't write that again) seeks to marry off her twenty-three year old daughter Zina to the senile Prince K, a distant relative who is passing through the town in which the family live. After all, a 23 year old daughter, however beautiful and talented is starting to become a bit of a liability particularly when she had a proud nature prone to setting herself above the common society. The prince is decidedly doddery, a frail old man, prone to forgetfulness and unlikely to last for more than a couple of years. The mother is going to have a difficult job persuading her daughter to commit to this travesty of a marriage even if the ultimate goal is a title and a fortune, but she makes a valiant attempt and eventually the daughter agrees to go along with this ridiculous scheme. When the mother is able to present to the Prince the goal of marriage to her daughter, the old man is flattered and beguiled by the thought of acquiring such a rare beauty for his very own. But due to senility, he keeps forgetting what is on offer and is easily beguiled by other grasping relatives with schemes of their own. As I read this, I was reminded of how vividly Dostoevsky writes. The story unfolds as though in a theatre, with each scene arriving with a swoosh of the curtains and a new set as the character re-emerge from the wings. The novella length suits the story very well for it enables Doestoeveky to present snapshots and cameos without the need for a lengthy character development. The characters are in any case slightly familiar types - the ageing relative only respected because of his wealth, the grasping mother, rival aunts and cousins determined to undermine their relation's schemes , the imperious daughter, the slighted younger suitor who watches from afar. These are all people we have met before, but Dostoevsky assembles his cast so skilfully that his readers are drawn into the plot and gaze on as the disreputable thoughts of men and women are revealed.
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