A Gentle Spirit & a Faint Heart

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Two of Dostoevsky's most powerful novellas of obsession, cruelty, and the fragility of the heart

A pawnbroker paces beside his young wife's body, attempting to piece together the circumstances that led to her suicide. A young man is overwhelmed by his own contentment and sows his ruin in a fierce attempt to protect it.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529981484
• ISBN13: 9781529981483
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.