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Original Title:	Дядюшкин сон
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Maria Alexandrovna Moskalev, Aphanassi Matveich, Zinaida Aphanassièvna, Nastassia Petrovna Ziablova, Pavel Alexandrovitch Mozgliakov
Setting:	Mordassov(Russian Federation)

Uncle's Dream Kindle Edition | Pages: 135 pages

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Title	:	Uncle's Dream
Author	:	Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 135 pages
Published	:	1888 by Vizetelly and Co. (first published 1859)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Classics. Literature. Russian Literature. Novels

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An entertaining parody of small-town manners and morals, this comic novella is a revelation 

When the aging Russian Prince, Prince K., arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection, with the aim of engineering his marriage with her 23 year old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. The gossiping and rumor of the country village are deftly captured in Dostoevsky's mock-heroic tone. A rare foray into comedy by the giant of Russian literature, this tale nonetheless still possesses all the hallmarks of Dostoevsky's psychological and philosophical writing.

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Ratings: 3.64 From 1905 Users | 193 Reviews

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poignant, dreams vs. reality, emotional, evocative, contemplative

After suffering through everything Dostoevsky had written to this point (I am reading all of Dostoevsky, chronologically, this year), I was desperately hoping to see an improvement following his "sabbatical" to Siberia. What I didn't expect was a farce. Really excellent and witty novella, and enough to give me strength on my journey until we get to the heavy hitters later on.

"Uncle's Dream" is a sly, ironic take on the village marriage tale in which much jockeying is made around a newly rich prince by people with not much to do. But Dostoyevsky puts a twist on it - the prince is an old doddering fool, the mother-in-law-to-be is really nasty, the sweet, innocent girl is neither, and there is not really a functioning relationship in the whole story. It's like Dostoyevsky knew the whole Kanye West/Kim Kardashian thing beforehand.

I read it in Russian. So it took me a while as I got rusty throughout years. It has been 25+ years since we parted with the Union both physically and culturally. Every time I read Russian lit it just hits me like an anvil. All the memories of the talks and mannerisms of the adults i used to hear as a kid become more vivid it is like developing photographs. And i can't imagine a better dark room than Dostoyevski's for this purpose. Despite the impeccable control over his story one cannot escape

When one thinks of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, one does not think of comedy; yet this, one of the first works that the author wrote when he was allowed once again to publish after serving almost ten years in Siberia for belonging to a dissident group, the Petrashevsky Circle. During that time, many of his beliefs were either strengthened or otherwise changed, but he was afraid of publishing something that would arouse the suspicion of the censors, who were still keeping on eye on him.The result was

I actually read this in Constance Garnett's translation. It describes the farce-like proceedings in a small Russian provincial town when an unscrupulous woman tries to trick a senile millionaire into marrying her daughter. Dostoyevsky is not well known for his comic writing and if you are looking for laugh out loud funny this is not for you. Nevertheless, it is worth persevering with for its strong dramatic scenes, its sense of a decadent society, but above all for the characterization. All his

I loved it. The dialogues were so funny and so true, even for today. The plot is quite ordinary - an ambitious woman tries to marry her daughter to an old but very rich man. What I absolutely loved was the characters, because they are so real and different.That's not the best Dostoevsky's novella, but it's really good. That's the kind of play that would look fantastic in the theater.