Teenager

A confessional novel about the search for "a guiding thread of behavior, good and evil, which is absent in our society," Dostoevsky's perspective on the eternal problem of fathers and children — and one of the most intensely dramatic and... underrated parts of "the pentateuch of Dostoevsky."

19-year-old Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of landowner Versilov and a serf, arrives in St. Petersburg after graduating from gymnasium. It is here, in the capital, that Arkady, who has suffered all his life because of his origins, hopes to become a new Rothschild — to acquire freedom and power through wealth. By a twist of fate, he comes into possession of a compromising document that could change the destiny of a young woman. Arkady’s father is fervently passionate about this woman — and he himself falls in love with her…

Author: Федор Достоевский

Printhouse: Mann, Ivanov i Ferber

Series: Eternal Stories. Young Adult

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785002501557

Number of pages: 704

Size: 205х128х29 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 610 g

ID: 1711258

A confessional novel about the search for "a guiding thread of behavior, good and evil, which is absent in our society," Dostoevsky's perspective on the eternal problem of fathers and children — and one of the most intensely dramatic and underrated parts of "the pentateuch of Dostoevsky."

19-year-old Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of landowner Versilov and a serf, arrives in St. Petersburg after graduating from gymnasium. It is here, in the capital, that Arkady, who has suffered all his life because of his origins, hopes to become a new Rothschild — to acquire freedom and power through wealth. By a twist of fate, he comes into possession of a compromising document that could change the destiny of a young woman. Arkady’s father is fervently passionate about this woman — and he himself falls in love with her…

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