Project Gutenberg 2018-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 1246 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Dostoievski, Fiodor Dostoievski, Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, F. M. Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Koteliansky, S. S. (Samuel Solomonovitch) 1880 1955 Koteliansky, Samuel Solomonovitch Koteliansky, S.S. Котелянский, Самуел Соломонович Koteliansky, Samuel Solomonovich Woolf, Virginia 1882 1941 Woolf, Virginia Stephen Stephen, Virginia Stavrogin's Confession and The Plan of The Life of a Great Sinner With Introductory and Explanatory Notes Translators' note -- New Mss. of F. M. Dostoevsky: note, by the Russian government -- Stavrogin's confession, by F. M. Dostoevsky -- The plan of The life of a great sinner, by F. M. Dostoevsky -- Stavrogin's meeting with Tikhon, by V. Friche -- Introduction to the unpublished chapter of The possessed, by V. Komarovich -- The unfulfilled idea: note on The life of a great sinner, by N. Brodsky. Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Stavrogin's Confession and The Plan of The Life of a Great Sinner" by F. M. Dostoevsky is a fictional work written in the early 20th century, though it explores themes that resonate with the moral and existential dilemmas of the mid-19th century. This work combines an insightful confession from the troubled character Nikolai Stavrogin with a broader sketch of Dostoevsky's unwritten novel about a great sinner's life. The text delves deep into themes of guilt, redemption, and the psychological complexities of human nature. At the start of the narrative, Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin is introduced as a man grappling with profound inner turmoil and moral ambiguity. He has sleepless nights and finds himself in a state of unrest as he contemplates visiting Bishop Tikhon at a nearby monastery. The opening section details his encounters with various characters and the conflicting perceptions they hold of him, presenting a picture of a man increasingly haunted by his own past, specifically a dark episode connected to a young girl named Matryosha. As the narrative unfolds, its dramatic and introspective tone invites readers to explore the depths of Stavrogin's psyche and the existential questions surrounding sin, responsibility, and the search for understanding in the face of inescapable guilt. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 282148 2025-07-22T14:56:12.879181 text/html 277143 2018-04-25T15:14:26 text/html 204150 2025-07-22T14:56:18.838655 application/epub+zip 203887 2025-07-22T14:56:14.355159 application/epub+zip 160872 2025-07-22T14:56:13.681137 application/epub+zip 293373 2025-07-22T14:56:22.092635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261184 2025-07-22T14:56:18.164619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222235 2022-08-25T16:15:29.227062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222644 2025-07-22T14:56:12.222168 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222973 2018-04-25T15:14:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21576 2025-07-22T14:56:22.238615 application/rdf+xml 19434 2025-07-22T14:56:13.774149 image/jpeg 2188 2025-07-22T14:56:13.728141 image/jpeg 80969 2018-04-25T15:14:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 182442 2018-04-25T15:14:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 185998 2025-07-22T14:56:12.900183 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia