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The Dostoyevsky Library

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Enter a quiet room of conscience and conflict, where every word presses against the soul. The Dostoyevsky Library offers unabridged readings of the great novels, not as mere stories, but as confessions whispered in the dark. Here, restless minds wander through guilt and grace, doubt and redemption, while the human heart stands exposed in all its fragile contradictions.

Listen as each chapter unfolds slowly, like footsteps echoing through a winter street. These readings invite you to linger with princes and prisoners, dreamers and sinners, and to ask, as Dostoyevsky always asked: what does it mean to be free, to suffer, to believe? This is not simply a podcast - it is a vigil beside the restless spirit of humanity itself.
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  • S11 · E2
    August 10 · 48 min

    Notes From The Underground Underground Part 2

    In which the narrator reflects with a pensive and somewhat sardonic tone on the nature of human free will, caprice, and the paradox of reason opposing desire, arguing that man often chooses the irrational and the self-destructive in order to affirm...

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  • S11 · E1
    August 10 · 44 min

    Notes From The Underground Underground Part 1

    In which a man of acute consciousness lays bare the peculiar maladies of his soul, confessing a life spent in spiteful inertia and vexed self-reflection amid the cold ironies of nature’s laws. He muses on the paradox of intelligence as both a torment...

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  • S10 · E16
    August 9 · 56 min

    Short Stories 10 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

    In which a forlorn and self-proclaimed ridiculous man contemplates the futility of existence and his own planned demise, only to be stirred by the desperate plight of a little girl, leading him into a profound and strange dream of death, resurrection,...

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  • S10 · E15
    August 9 · 44 min

    Short Stories 9 - Bobok

    In which a disillusioned man attends a funeral and, resting by a tombstone, begins to overhear the dead conversing with one another in a strange, shadowy realm between life and oblivion. This eerie gathering reveals a curious blend of personalities...

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  • S10 · E14
    August 8 · 21 min

    Short Stories 8 - The Crocodile Part 4

    In which a most extraordinary spectacle of a live crocodile draws the curious gaze of Petersburg’s society, inspiring peculiar debates on love, social standing, and human folly, while domestic life and romantic entanglements unfold within humble...

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  • S10 · E13
    August 8 · 29 min

    Short Stories 8 - The Crocodile Part 3

    In which a most curious gentleman finds himself lodged within the cavernous belly of a monstrous crocodile, reflecting with feverish pompousness on his newfound fame and the grand designs he intends to unfold from this singular imprisonment. Amidst...

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  • S10 · E11
    August 7 · 25 min

    Short Stories 8 - The Crocodile Part 1

    In which a refined gentleman and his lady companion visit a curious exhibition of a supposedly dormant crocodile, only to witness the former being startlingly and quite inconceivably swallowed whole by the creature itself. Amidst a mixture of shock,...

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  • S10 · E12
    August 7 · 22 min

    Short Stories 8 - The Crocodile Part 2

    In which the narrator visits the venerable Timofey Semyonitch to seek counsel on a most peculiar and unprecedented predicament involving the hapless Ivan Matveitch, whose unusual circumstance stirs a variety of opinions rooted in bureaucracy,...

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  • S10 · E10
    August 6 · 14 min

    Short Stories 7 - A Peasant Marey

    In which a sombre prisoner, amidst the harsh and chaotic life behind iron bars during an uneasy holiday, is transported by a vivid childhood memory of a fearful encounter in the countryside with a kindly peasant named Marey. This recollection kindles...

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  • S10 · E9
    August 6 · 12 min

    Short Stories 6 - The Heavenly Christmas Tree

    In which a poor and lonely little boy wanders the bustling, icy streets of a great town on Christmas Eve, drawn by the glimmers of warmth and joy that shine from the windows of merrily decorated homes. Amidst the cold and hardship, he encounters a...

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  • S10 · E7
    August 5 · 53 min

    Short Stories 5 - Another Man's Wife Part 1

    In which a gentleman cloaked in raccoon furs, harbouring a troubled heart and shaken confidence, beseeches a young man for aid in tracking a certain lady of elusive repute within the labyrinthine streets of Petersburg; and in this peculiar and tense...

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  • S10 · E8
    August 5 · 51 min

    Short Stories 5 - Another Man's Wife Part 2

    In which a jealous husband named Ivan Andreyitch, driven by suspicion and fear, bursts unexpectedly into a strange apartment only to find himself in a most compromising and absurd predicament beneath the bed, sharing his cramped refuge with another...

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  • S10 · E5
    August 4 · 39 min

    Short Stories 3 - An Unpleasant Predicament Part 3

    In which a certain Excellency finds himself amidst a wild wedding celebration, where the abandon and unconventionality of the guests unsettle his spirit and provoke an uneasy self-awareness. As the festivities grow ever more raucous and his own...

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  • S10 · E6
    August 4 · 37 min

    Short Stories 3 - An Unpleasant Predicament Part 4

    In which a meek and industrious clerk named Pseldonimov is ensnared in the oppressive world of the irascible retired official Mlekopitaev, whose tyrannical household foreshadows a troublesome union with his anæmic daughter and the stark realities of...

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