The Dostoyevsky Library

In which a refined gentleman and his lady companion visit a curious exhibition of a supposedly dormant crocodile, only to witness the former being startlingly and quite inconceivably swallowed whole b...

7 Aug 25min

In which the narrator visits the venerable Timofey Semyonitch to seek counsel on a most peculiar and unprecedented predicament involving the hapless Ivan Matveitch, whose unusual circumstance stirs a ...

7 Aug 22min

In which a poor and lonely little boy wanders the bustling, icy streets of a great town on Christmas Eve, drawn by the glimmers of warmth and joy that shine from the windows of merrily decorated homes...

6 Aug 12min

In which a sombre prisoner, amidst the harsh and chaotic life behind iron bars during an uneasy holiday, is transported by a vivid childhood memory of a fearful encounter in the countryside with a kin...

6 Aug 14min

In which a jealous husband named Ivan Andreyitch, driven by suspicion and fear, bursts unexpectedly into a strange apartment only to find himself in a most compromising and absurd predicament beneath ...

5 Aug 51min

In which a gentleman cloaked in raccoon furs, harbouring a troubled heart and shaken confidence, beseeches a young man for aid in tracking a certain lady of elusive repute within the labyrinthine stre...

5 Aug 53min

In which a meek and industrious clerk named Pseldonimov is ensnared in the oppressive world of the irascible retired official Mlekopitaev, whose tyrannical household foreshadows a troublesome union wi...

4 Aug 37min

In which a certain Excellency finds himself amidst a wild wedding celebration, where the abandon and unconventionality of the guests unsettle his spirit and provoke an uneasy self-awareness. As the fe...

4 Aug 39min