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Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

Por Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Publicado por SNR Audio

English 2023 ISBN 9781805360421
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"Try and set yourself the task not to think of a white bear, and the cursed thing comes to mind every minute." Written in 1862, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions is a collection of essays, reflections and observations written by Fyodor Dostoevsky while travelling in western Europe. A mixture of travelogue and sharply observed social commentary, the author critiques Western civilisation through a uniquely Russian lens, using his impressions of France, England, Germany and other countries to reflect on the differences between Western society and Russia, and in doing so, he reveals a lot about his own philosophical and political views. Many of the themes addressed here went on to become important in his later work, such as Notes from Underground and The Brothers Karamazov, and his scepticism about Western progress and his emphasis on spiritual renewal became central to his world-view. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer renowned for his profound explorations of psychology, morality, and the human condition. Born in Moscow, his tumultuous life was marked by early literary success and followed by arrest and exile due to his radical political activities. He is widely regarded as one of the world's finest novelists, penning classics that include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. His work has had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction and his ideas have profoundly shaped literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism.
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