A Gentle Creature
1876 short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the films, see A Gentle Creature (1960 film) and A Gentle Creature (2017 film).
"A Gentle Creature" (Russian: Кроткая, romanized: Krotkaya), sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in November 1876. A first-person stream of consciousness narrative, 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.[1] 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."[2]
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Short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky | |
Original title | Кроткая (Krotkaya) |
Country | Russian Empire |
Language | Russian |
Genre(s) | Short story |
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Publication date | 1876 |
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