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534 Dostoevsky and "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"

The History of Literature

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The Minippian Satisfaction

The short story is a distillation of what Dostoevsky returned to again and again. There's an eccentric character as a more or less wise fool, the writer says. The author: Telltale Heart comes to mind again, we saw that influence on Dostaevsky in our Crime and Punishment episode just last week.

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