Een Lieve Meid by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A pawnbroker recounts his marriage to a timid young woman he idealized and attempted to possess; his jealous pride, alternating cruelty and tender impulses, and inability to truly empathize gradually isolate her. Miscommunications and his controlling behavior deepen her despair until she takes her own life, leaving him to confront guilt, remorse, and the painful recognition that his attempts to dominate and 'protect' her prevented any real intimacy or understanding.
- Published
- 1876
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Russian
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(4.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- A Gentle Creature
- A Gentle Spirit
- The Meek One
- Кроткая
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