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The civil servant Ivan Matveich and his wife Yelena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition - in a shopping arcade - of a crocodile owned by a German, when Ivan is suddenly swallowed alive by the animal. Unsuccessful in his attempts to be freed from his prison, due to the... Read Full Overview

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's satirical tale, "The Crocodile," the author employs a distinctive literary style that intertwines dark humor with profound psychological insight. The narrative centers on a government clerk, Ivan Matveich, who finds himself inside a crocodile in a bizarre... Read Full Overview

The tongue-in-cheek "true story" follows a civil servant who suddenly gets swallowed alive by a crocodile -- but he survives, carrying on his duties and preaching socialist theories from within the crocodile's belly. Dostoevsky is best known for his understanding of the dark... Read Full Overview

"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch.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... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

In "The Crocodile," Fyodor Dostoyevsky crafts a satirical critique of Russian society through the absurd tale of a man swallowed by a crocodile, exploring themes of existentialism and the absurdity of human experience. Utilizing sharp irony and a distinctive narrative style,... Read Full Overview

"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch.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... Read Full Overview

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"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. The story relates the events that befall one Ivan Matveich when he, his wife Elena Ivanovna, and the narrator visit the Passage on Nevsky Avenue to see a crocodile that... Read Full Overview

"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. 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... Read Full Overview

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Usually interpreted as a diatribe against the Chernyshevsky generation, and as a parody of the fate of the Russian socialist writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky, The Crocodile is a work that is often referred to, but rarely read.

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The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Incident is a satirical short story written by the renowned Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story revolves around a bizarre incident where a man named Ivan Matveich finds himself swallowed by a crocodile while visiting a zoo with his wife... Read Full Overview

""The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Incident"" is a satirical short story by the renowned Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story follows the bizarre and comedic misadventures of Ivan Matveich, a civil servant who becomes trapped inside the belly of a crocodile after a visit... Read Full Overview

"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. The story relates the events that befall one Ivan Matveich when he, his wife Elena Ivanovna, and the narrator visit the Passage on Nevsky Avenue to see a crocodile that... Read Full Overview

"The Crocodile" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1865 in his magazine Epoch. A true story of how a gentleman of a certain age and of respectable appearance was swallowed alive by the crocodile in the Arcade, and of the consequences that followed.

The... Read Full Overview

""The Crocodile: An Extraordinary Incident"" is a satirical short story written by the renowned Russian author, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story is centered around a man named Ivan Matveich who, while visiting a shopping arcade, is suddenly swallowed whole by a crocodile that is... Read Full Overview

The Crocodile is a great piece of satire, suppressed in the Soviet Union and largely ignored in the West. This wild lampoon is vicious and satirical, dreamlike, and one of the funniest things that Dostoevsky ever wrote. During the Soviet period it was not published separately... Read Full Overview

What happens when reason is swallowed by absurdity?

In The Crocodile, Fyodor Dostoevsky blends satire and social critique in one of his most unusual and humorous works. The story follows Ivan Matveich, a government official who, while visiting... Read Full Overview