Full Description
Dostoyevsky's deepest, most compelling passages in one volume
The Gospel in Dostoyevsky vividly reveals - as none of his novels can on their own - the common thread of the great God-haunted Russian's questioning faith. Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, and The Adolescent, the seventeen selections are each prefaced by an explanatory note.
Newcomers will find in these pages a rich, accessible sampling. Dostoyevsky devotees will be pleased to find some of the writer's deepest, most compelling passages in one volume. Full-page woodcuts by master engraver Fritz Eichenberg enhance the book.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Faith in God
The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov
Rebellion Against God
Rebellion
The Devil from The Brothers Karamazov
The Failure of Christendom from The Idiot
On the Way to God
The Story of Marie
A Fool for Christ from The Idiot
The Awakening of Lazarus from Crime and Punishment
Hymn of the Men Underground from The Brothers Karamazov
Reprieve and Execution from The Idiot
The Onion from The Brothers Karamazov
The Last Judgment from Crime and Punishment
The Crucifixion from The Idiot
From the Life of the Elder Zossima
The Wedding at Cana from The Brothers Karamazov
Life in God
Talks With an Old Friend of God from The Adolescent (The Raw Youth)
Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
from The Brothers Karamazov
Afterword
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Biographical Sketch
