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A Christmas ball sets the plans in motion for the wealthy Julian Mastakovich, for an immensely wealthy business man has just announced that his daughter has a dowry of 300,000 rubles. First published in 1848, and adapted into a motion picture in 2000, Dostoyevsky shines a light on the business end of well-moneyed marriage. It begins when an 11-year-old girl gets an extravagant doll at a Christmas ball.

"The Christmas Tree and the Wedding Christmas Story" is a short Christmas-Story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The other day I saw a wedding... But no! I would rather tell you about a Christmas tree. The wedding was superb. I liked it immensely. But the other incident was still finer. I don't know why it is that the sight of the wedding reminded me of the Christmas tree. This is the way it happened.

Fiodor Dostoïevski est un écrivain russe. Considéré comme l'un des plus grands romanciers russes, il a influencé de nombreux écrivains et philosophes. Devenu sous-lieutenant, il démissionne de l'armée en 1859 et s'engage complètement dans l'écriture. Écrivain admiré après la publication de "Crime et Châtiment" (1866) et de "L'Idiot" (1869).

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

"Krotkaya" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. Povest' Fedora Mihaylovicha Dostoevskogo (v originale avtora - fantasticheskiy rasskaz). Odno iz poslednih proizvedeniy pisatelya, vpervye opublikovannoe v noyabr'skom vypuske «Dnevnika pisatelya» za 1876 god. Ispolnyaet Oleg Borisov.

"Peterburgskie snovideniya" - radiokompozitsiya spektaklya teatra imeni Mossoveta po romanu "Prestuplenie i nakazanie". Ispolniteli: G. Bortnikov, L. Markov, A. Barantsev, M. Terekhova, I. Kartashova, V. Otisko, A. Kasenkina, R. Plyatt, N. Pshennaya, G. Nekrasov, O. Kalmykova V. Sulimov, A. Len'kov, M. Pogorzhel'skiy.

"Dyadyushkin son" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennoy povesti. Deystvie proiskhodit v gorode Mordasove, gde zhivet Mariya Aleksandrovna Moskaleva - energichnaya dama, imeyushchaya dvadtsatitrekhletnyuyu doch'. Mat' mechtaet vydat' Zinaidu zamuzh, odnako ta myagko otklonyaet predlozheniya svoego edinstvennogo uhazhera Pavla Mozglyakova; drugih zhe dostoynyh kavalerov v ih nebol'shom gorodke net. No vot neozhidanno poyavlyaetsya prestarelyy Knyaz'... Ispolnyaet Mihail Yanshin.

"Babulen'ka" - radiopostanovka po romanu "Igrok". Istoriya azarta, stavshego dlya cheloveka uzhe ne smyslom igry i dazhe ne smyslom zhizni, no edinstvennoy, ekzistentsial'noy sut'yu bytiya. Ispolniteli: F. Ranevskaya, O. Tabakov, M. Yanshin, A. Pokrovskaya, A. Ktorov, I. Kvasha, N. Nechaeva, S. Kuzmichev, K. Bartashevich.

"Istoriya odnogo muzykanta" - radiospektakl' po povesti F. M. Dostoevskogo "Netochka Nezvanova". Dostoevskiy ochen' tonko, psihologichno opisyvaet zhizn' devochki s samogo detstva i do zrelogo vozrasta, ee vnutrennyuyu bor'bu, izmeneniya v haraktere, ee mechty i stremlenie k schast'yu. Ispolniteli: Grebenshchikova Larisa, Savvina Iya, Borisov Oleg, Yakovlev Yariy, Prudkin Mark, Hohryakov Viktor.

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in 12 monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from five years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.

Christmas is a special time of the year. It brings so many memories of happiness, childhood mischief, reflection and forgiveness. This selection of Christmas stories brings some of the best tales from around the world to share the magic, wisdom and love of Christmastime.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) is recognised as one of the greats of Russian literature. Soon after his 1843 graduation from the School of Engineering in St. Petersburg, the young Dostoyevsky abandoned his career to devote himself to literature. He quickly became a popular, recognised author, but in the unstable political environment of the time, he was accused of conspiracy, and in 1849 he was sentenced to ten years' hard labour in Siberia.

"Djadjushkin son" - radiospektakl' po motivam odnoimennoj povesti Fjodora Dostoevskogo. Povest' byla opublikovana v Sankt-Peterburge v 1859 godu. V provincial'nyj gorod Mordasov priezzhaet staryj bogatyj knjaz' K. Odna iz mestnyh dam, Mar'ja Aleksandrovna Moskaljova, stremitsja vydat' za nego zamuzh svoju doch' Zinu. Takim obrazom Mar'ja Aleksandrovna zhelaet steret' v mordasovskom obshhestve pamjat' o neudachnom romane Ziny i uchitelja ejo mladshego brata.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

The Ultimate Essays Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 24 classic essays analysing everything from war to love, journalism to race, travel to nature, and much more, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are essays by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Thomas Paine; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Henry David Thoreau; Virigina Woolf; Sigmund Freud; Zora Neale Hurston; Langston Hughes; Jack London, and more.

Talent bursts from this decade with astonishing ease. From America across Europe to Russia each and every story is an indelible mark of story-telling flecked with genius that enthralls us all. Whatever their chosen genre their stories break new ground, cover new topics and carry a legacy that cannot be disputed.

A wonderful collection of great classic love stories for the incurable romantic in all of us. "The Scrupulous Father" by George Gissing, "The Marquise" by George Sand, "Her Lover" by Maxim Gorky, "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy, "A Dill Pickle" by Katherine Mansfield, "Portrait of a Lady" by Jerome K. Jerome, "The Pig and Whistle" by George Gissing, "A Race for a Bride" by H. K. Hales, "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Girl Who Was Tired of Love" by Leonard Merrick...

The Eternal Husband opens with a man who answers a late-night knock on the door to find himself in a tense and puzzling confrontation with the husband of a former lover—but it isn’t clear if the husband knows about the affair. What follows is one of the most beautiful and piercing considerations ever written about the dualities of love: a dazzling psychological duel between the two men over knowledge they may or may not share, bringing them both to a shattering conclusion.

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductively adept niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant and introspective short story that delves into the complexities of human emotions and the transient nature of romantic connections. Set against the backdrop of St. Petersburg's nocturnal charm, the narrative follows the lonely protagonist through four consecutive white nights, where he encounters a mysterious young woman. As the two form a deep but ephemeral connection, Dostoyevsky explores themes of love, isolation, and the fleeting nature of human connections.