In June 1862, Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see firsthand the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Par...more
Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almos...more
One of the most profound and most unsettling works of modern literature, Notes from Underground (first published in 1864) remains a cultural and literary watershed. In these pages Dostoevsky unflinchingly examines the dark, mysterious depths of the human heart. The Underground Man so chillingly depicted here has become an archetypal figure — loat...more
ISBN: 8501912800. O Grande Mentecapto - Relato das aventuras e desventuras de Viramundo e das suas inenarráveis peregrinações. Sobre o livro, Jorge Amado disse: "O povo brasileiro, sofrido, batido, humilhado, mas sempre de pé, lutando, jamais vencido nem desesperado, ei-lo novamente o herói de nossa literatura. Nesse livro de Fernando Sabino e...more
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