About this title: This fifth and final volume of Joseph Frank's justly celebrated literary and cultural biography of Dostoevsky renders with a rare intelligence and grace the last decade of the writer's life, the years in which he wrote "A Raw Youth", "Diary of a Writer", and his crowning triumph: "The Brothers Karamazov". Dostoevsky's final years at last won him the universal approval toward which he had always aspired. While describing his idiosyncratic relationship to the Russian state, Frank also details Doestoevsky's continuing rivalries with Turgenev and Tolstoy.Dostoevsky's appearance at the Pushkin ...
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2002-04-08
ISBN-13:9780691086651ISBN:0691086656
Description: VG Very Good in VG-Very Good jacket. Hardback with Dustjacket. Retired From Library, typical library markings and pastedowns. Otherwise, Book looks good with no creases to cover protected in Mylar and all pages clean. Binding is tight and square. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003-09-02
ISBN-13:9780691115696ISBN:0691115699
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780691115696. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781861055149ISBN:1861055145
Description: New. 1-86105-514-5 Rene Girard, The Weekly Standard The richest of Frank's monumental work. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description This fifth and final volume of Joseph Frank's justly celebrated literary and cultural biography of Dostoevsky renders with a rare intelligence and grace the last decade of the writer's life, the years in which he wrote A Raw Youth, Diary of a Writer, and his crowning triumph: The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky's final years at last won him ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J.
Date Published: c2002
ISBN-13:9780691086651ISBN:0691086656
Description: new in new dust jacket. mint brand new. First printing. (cloth: alk. paper) xv, 784 p. : ill., ports.; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 757-773) and index. indicated 1st printing read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780691115696ISBN:0691115699
Description: New. This fifth and final volume of Frank's justly celebrated literary and cultural biography of Dostoevsky renders with a rare intelligence and grace the last decade of the writer's life, the years in which he wrote "A Raw Youth, Diary of a Writer, " and... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691086651ISBN:0691086656
Description: New. In the fifth volume of this monumental biography of Dostoevsky, the author recreates the final years of the writer while describing the turbulence in the Russian empire of his time. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691086651ISBN:0691086656
Description: Very Fine in Very Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black illustrated jacket; white ttile on red band on teal spine; 784 pp; in Mylar cover. FREE MEDIA SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S. read more
Edition: First Edition-First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, NJ
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691086651ISBN:0691086656
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 784 pages-full number line on the copyright page 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2-There are several dedications on the endpapers. read more
"I had a difficult time finishing this, only because its last chapter is so moving and well-written. I've invested a good deal of time into these five biographies. It was painful to witness the death of such a warmly portrayed character.
The whole series is amazing, but this is the finest of JF's work. His analysis and approach brings to light Dostoevsky's reasoning and belief on irreproachable levels. With the help of the Writer's Diary and Dostoevsky's new-found fame, this volume reaches new heights that help us all to understand the great writer.
Next I'm beginning a nerdy chronological read/reread of everything Dostoevsky published. Thanks to Joseph Frank, I feel more capable of grasping and applying Dostoevsky's work...."
"The 5th and final vol. of Frank's bio; it covers his reading of Bros K. Even if you don't want to read the whole thing, it's worth the price to read F's gloss of that great novel.
Otherwise, see my review re Vol 2, The Years of Ordeal, for more general comments that apply to both volumes."
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