Повести и рассказы

Geniĭ Dostoevskogo poistine universalen - v svoikh "malykh" proizvedenii͡akh, kak i v velikikh romanakh, on vystupaet i tonkim psikhologom, i vnimatelʹnym nabli͡udatelem, i talantlivym satirikom. Ego "Di͡adi͡ushkin son", "Gospodin Prokharchin" i "Chestnyĭ vor", v kotorykh ne odnazhdy usmatrivali pereklichku s Gogolem, ispolneny gorʹkoĭ ironii, a vyvernutai͡a naiznanku zhiznʹ glubinnoĭ provint͡sii i peterburgskogo "dna" zastavli͡aet chitateli͡a odnovremenno smei͡atʹsi͡a nad nedostatkami geroev i soperezhivatʹ im.Imenno v rannikh rasskazakh i povesti͡akh Dostoevskiĭ nachal razrabatyvatʹ vazhneĭshie filosofsko-nravstvennye temy, kotorye pozzhe budut razvity v "Prestuplenii i nakazanii", "Besakh" i "Bratʹi͡akh Karamazovykh".

Dostoevsky's genius is truly universal — in his "small" works, as in his great novels, he acts as a subtle psychologist, an attentive observer, and a talented satirist. His "Uncle's Dream", "Mr. Prokharchin" and "The Honest Thief", which more than once were seen as a roll call with Gogol, are full of bitter irony, and the inside-out life of the deep province and the St. Petersburg "bottom" makes the reader simultaneously laugh at the shortcomings of the characters and empathize with them.It was in his early short stories and novellas that Dostoevsky began to develop the most important philosophical and moral themes that would later be developed in Crime and Punishment, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov.