Required Texts

You can buy all of these works by Dostoevsky at the Colgate Bookstore.  I urge you to purchase these editions and bring them to class each day as we will be discussing them in detail and referring to page numbers.  Most of them are recent translations by the husband and wife team of Pevear and Volokhonsky.  These come closer to capturing the spirit of Dostoevsky's Russian than any previous translations into English -- another good reason to buy them even if you own other editions. I will occasionally distribute other short readings throughout the semester as xeroxes or electronically, but these represent the vast bulk of the reading for the course (which totals about 2500 pages).  The total cost of the books should be about around $60-$75.  In some cases, covers have changed, but you can see the books below.

Notes from Underground (Pevear/Volokhonsky translation)

Notes from Underground.  Richard Pevear (Translator),Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) / Paperback / Knopf Alfred A / August 1994.

 

 Crime and Punishment (Pevear/Volokhonsky translation)

Crime and Punishment.  Richard Pevear (Translator),Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) / Paperback / Vintage Books / February 1993.

 

Demons: A Novel in Three Parts  

Demons: A Novel in Three Parts.  Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator),Richard Pevear (Translator) / Paperback / Knopf Alfred A / July 1995.

 

The Brothers Karamazov (Pevear/Volokhonsky translation)

The Brothers Karamazov.  Richard Pevear (Translator),Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator) / Paperback / Vintage Books / August 1991. 


 

Poor Folk and Other Stories.  David McDuff (Translator) / Paperback / Penguin USA / April 1989.


 

 

 

 

The Gambler.   Constance Garnett (Translator) / Paperback / Dover Thrift Editions / 1996.