The Insulted and the Injured (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Romantic realism
- Time of Work: The mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: St. Petersburg
- Principal Characters: Ivan Petrovitch, Natasha Nikolaevna Ichmenyev, Nikolai Sergeyitch Ichmenyev, Alyosha Pyotrovitch Valkovsky, Pyotr Alexandrovitch Valkovsky, Katerina Fyodorovna Filimonov, Elena (Nellie) Smith
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism
- Subjects: Class conflict, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
The Novel
The Insulted and the Injured unfolds the emotional tragedy of a young woman who abandons her family and her good name for the sake of a grand passion. The story is related in a flashback as a chain of events that began in St. Petersburg a year before the book opens. The narrator is a penniless young author, Ivan Petrovitch, who becomes the confidant of all the other characters and is therefore able to explain their thoughts and motivations.
Ivan has been hailed as a genius, but his self-denying concern for everyone else’s problems prevents him...
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