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In The Adolescent, Dostoevsky traces the ideological transformation of mid-19th-century Russian society through the conflict of values between a father and son.
The Adolescent tells the story of the conflicts faced by nineteen-year-old Dolgorukiy, the illegitimate son of a womanizing landowner, with his father Versilov, whom he meets in St. Petersburg. The disagreements, shaped around the emotional, ideological, and moral debates between the father and son, reveal Dolgorukiy’s life story full of contradictions. Written before Dostoevsky’s final novel, The Brothers Karamazov, The Adolescent is removed from the philosophical and political issues found in the author’s other works, yet stands out for its focus on interpersonal relationships and psychological examination.
“All of Dostoevsky’s great novels aside, The Adolescent stands in a place of its own. The author does not discuss great problems and contradictions here. Created using simple, everyday situations and common human passions, this novel is a subtle, tense, and breathtaking masterpiece.”
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