{"product_id":"the-insulted-and-injured-331746","title":"The Insulted and Injured","description":"*\u003cstrong\u003eThe Insulted and Injured\u003c\/strong\u003e*, 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, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Insulted and Injured\u003c\/strong\u003e  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.\"*  \u003cbr\u003e?- James P. Scanlan (from introduction)  \u003cbr\u003e***-Publisher.***  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51565130809631,"sku":"9780802825902","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780802825902_1581845.jpg?v=1769219490","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/the-insulted-and-injured-331746","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}