The Honest Thief
Written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1822-1881) was Russia's greatest mystic who wrote of the contest between the rebellious uncertain human and the mystery of divine omnipresence which is revealed to the enlightened in the midst of life's bitterest wrongs and suffering.
His work is defined by a pity and compassion that shines from all his writing. "The Honest Thief" is one of Dostoyevsky's tale's of pity, in which he reveals that compassionate sympathy of the Russian mind for all suffering, the pure and noble conscience awakened in the spirit of a fallen man. The central relationship - between the poor peasant and the even poorer old alcoholic tramp who he has taken into his home - is beautifully described and characterized, as they go from a reluctant emerging friendship, through frustration and mistrust, to the final and tragic reconciliation.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81) was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. His most famous work includes Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov. He is considered to be one of Europe's major novelists.
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Reviews for The Honest Thief
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Far behind other author's works in terms of quality :
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kind of nice, not the best I've read of him.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The author succeeds in depicting a self-contradictory theif, that is meek and sensitive