The Crocodile by Garnett, Constance
The Crocodile by Garnett, Constance

The Crocodile

The Crocodile is a classic Russian short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian...
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Author: Constance Garnett
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Language: English
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The Crocodile by Garnett, Constance

The Crocodile

$86.38
The Crocodile by Garnett, Constance

The Crocodile

$86.38
Author: Constance Garnett
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The Crocodile is a classic Russian short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism. The story relates the events that befall one Ivan Matveich when he, his wife Elena Ivanovna, and the narrator visit the Arcade to see a crocodile that has been put on display by a German entrepreneur. After teasing the crocodile, Ivan Matveich is swallowed alive. He finds the inside of the crocodile to be quite comfortable, and the animal's owner refuses to allow it to be cut open, in spite of the pleas from Elena Ivanovna. Ivan Matveich urges the narrator to arrange for the crocodile to be purchased and cut open, but the owner asks so much for it that nothing is done. As the story ends Elena Ivanovna is contemplating divorce and Ivan Matveich resolves to carry on his work as a civil servant as best he can from inside the crocodile. The liberal press declared the story a low parody of the fate of the Russian socialist writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky, who wrote his novel What Is to Be Done? and numerous letters while confined in Peter and Paul Fortress. Dostoyevsky denied that the similarities were intentional.

Author: Constance Garnett, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/14/2014
Pages: 44
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.09d
ISBN: 9781502365873

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