A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535097857)

"A Gentle Spirit" sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that frequents his shop. The story was inspired by a news report that Dostoyevsky read in April 1876 about the suicide of a seamstress. Dostoyevsky referred to it as a "meek suicide" that "keeps haunting you for a long time."

Author: Andrea Gouveia, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN-10: 153509785X
ISBN-13: 9781535097857
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2016
Pages: 44
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d