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Aug 1, 2016 · Exemplifying the loss of innocence and confrontation with the malignity of life which is so typical of Dostoevsky, The Adolescent deserves to be reevaluated as one of his late masterpieces. This new translation by Dora O’Brien, published by Alma Classics, should allow readers to do just that.
With its intricate character portrayals and philosophical depth, "The Adolescent" stands as a quintessential work in Dostoevsky's literary canon, offering profound insights into the human condition and the challenges of coming of age.
Welcome to The Study Guide for Dostoevsky's The Adolescent (or A Raw Youth)
I hide all the spoilers for both The Adolescent and all of Dostoevsky's works. It would be helpful to understand the book, why Versilov and Dolgoruky are the portrayed the way they are, and why this book is not as successful as his others.
Sep 13, 2010 · The Adolescent, then, stands as one of Dostoevsky’s most thought-through examinations of the self, and the nature of consciousness. Dostoevsky combines this project with one of his most complex and overwrought plots.
Feb 8, 2017 · On the cover of the edition of The Adolescent (more often translated as A Raw Youth) that I happen to have read, there is a blurb from Konstantin Mochulsky, a Dostoyevsky biographer: “The Adolescent is the most captivating of Dostoevsky’s novels.”
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The narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent (first published in English as A Raw Youth) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a naive 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father’s wrongdoing and the desire to win his love.
