The Insulted and Injured

*The Insulted and Injured*, originally published in 1861, was Fyodor Dostoevsky's first major work of fiction after his Siberian exile and the first of the long novels that made him famous. Set in nineteenth-century Petersburg, the novel depicts a group of people - including Vanya (Dostoevsky's semi-autobiographical hero), Natasha (the woman he loves), and Alyosha (Natasha's aristocratic lover) - all suffering from the cruelly selfish machinations of Alyosha's father, the dark and powerful Prince Valkovsky. Can pure love triumph over such heartless evil???Boris Jakim's new English-language rendering of this iconic Russian novel is more colorful, more conversational, and more accurate than any earlier translation.*??"A suspenseful, melodramatic tale of mystery, cruelty, and thwarted love, The Insulted and Injured  was originally published serially in 1861 in the Dostoevsky brothers' new magazine, *Vremya* (Time). The Russian public of the day, drawn to the book partly by its autobiographical elements, found the story moving as well as riveting. . . . Whatever else might be said of it, the book was undeniably an affecting page-turner with considerable cross-cultural appeal."*  
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A bold new American English translation of a classic Russian novel. Set in 19th-century St Petersburg, the novel depicts a set of characters all suffering from the cruelly selfish machinations of the dark and powerful Prince Valkovsky.Read less