The Crocodile (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1865
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: 1865
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Principal Characters: Ivan Matveitch, Elena Ivanovna, Semyon Semyonitch, The crocodile, The German, Timofey Semyonitch
- Genres: Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Business or business people, Capitalism, Property, Russia or Russian people, Animals, dangerous, Crocodiles
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
The Story
The story opens on January 13, 1865. The narrator, Semyon Semyonitch, and his married friends, Elena Ivanovna and Ivan Matveitch, go to St. Petersburg's arcade to see a crocodile that is on display. The arcade is a popular spot in St. Petersburg for public exhibitions and lectures. Semyonitch and Matveitch are distantly related and both work in the same government department. Because Matveitch is scheduled to go to Western Europe for intellectual advancement and has no official duties for the day, he can join his wife and friend on the excursion to the arcade. He...
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