Description
A bruising portrait of dignity under pressure, this novel follows characters whose lives are upended by cruelty, betrayal, and the humiliations of everyday society. As suffering accumulates and relationships fracture, the story turns inward—probing how shame reshapes conscience, how pride can curdle into despair, and how compassion survives even when justice seems out of reach. Set against the social tensions of 19th-century Russia, it explores themes of moral injury, spiritual endurance, and the fragile hope of redemption. In Dostoevsky’s signature realist style—intense, psychologically charged, and emotionally relentless—each confrontation becomes a test of what it means to remain human when the world refuses to be kind.
Available Editions
paperback
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Jan 1, 2015
250 pages
ISBN: 9781522830788
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Details
First Published
1861
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky.