The Gospel in Dostoyevsky: Selections from His Works (The Gospel in Great Writers)

by Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator), Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator), Malcolm Muggeridge (Foreword) J. I. Packer (Forewo (Author)

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Illustrated
2014
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The Gospel in Dostoyevsky vividly reveals - as none of his novels can on their own - the common thread of the great God-haunted Russian's questioning faith. Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, and The Adolescent, the seventeen selections are each prefaced by an explanatory note. Newcomers will find in these pages a rich, accessible sampling. Dostoyevsky devotees will be pleased to find some of the writer's deepest, most compelling passages in one volume. Full-page woodcuts by master engraver Fritz Eichenberg enhance the book.

Synopsis

The Gospel in Dostoyevsky vividly reveals - as none of his novels can on their own - the common thread of the great God-haunted Russian's questioning faith. Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, and The Adolescent, the seventeen selections are each prefaced by an explanatory note. Newcomers will find in these pages a rich, accessible sampling. Dostoyevsky devotees will be pleased to find some of the writer's deepest, most compelling passages in one volume. Full-page woodcuts by master engraver Fritz Eichenberg enhance the book.

$16.43

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Plough Publishing
Published: 11 Jun 2014
ISBN 10: 0874866340
ISBN 13: 9780874866346
Book Overview: Dostoyevsky deepest, most compelling passages in one volume

Media Reviews

One of the best-conceived, most succinct and most useful Dostoyevsky readers... -- Phyllis Tickle, Publishers Weekly
Grab it. Read it. And be careful: you may find yourself - as I did - scouring used bookstores for every obscure work of this incomparable writer. -- Philip Yancey, Christianity Today

Author Bio

One of the greatest writers of Western literature, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) continues to enjoy undiminished popularity and acclaim. J.I. Packer is Professor of Theology at Regent College and the author of over fifty books, including Knowing God, Growing in Christ, and Knowing Man. British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge is the author of over twenty books including Chronicles of Wasted Time, Jesus Rediscovered, and A Third Testament. Ernest Gordon, former dean of the chapel at Princeton University, was the prisoner of war who wrote Through the Valley of the Kwai, which inspired the film To End All Wars (2001).