Letters of Fyodor Michaeilovitch Dostoevsky to his Family an
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Letters of Fyodor Michaeilovitch Dostoevsky to his Family and Friends
Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne
First edition, October, 1914
Second edition, re-set, November 1917
NOTICE: THIS WORK MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
Table of Contents: [PDF HERE]
• TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
• CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DOSTOEVSKY'S LIFE
• LETTERS
o 1. To his Father: May 10, 1838
o 2. To his Brother Michael: August 9, 1838
o 3. To his Brother Michael: October 31, 1838
o 4. To his Brother Michael: January 1, 1840
o 5. To his Brother Michael: September 30, 1844
o 6. To his Brother Michael: March 24, 1845
o 7. To his Brother Michael: May 4, 1845
o 8. To his Brother Michael: October 8, 1845
o 9. To his Brother Michael: November 16, 1845
o 10.To his Brother Michael: February 1, 1846
o 11. To his Brother Michael: April 1, 1846
o 12. To his Brother Michael: September 17, 1846
o 13.To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1846
o 14. To his Brother Michael: November 26, 1846
o 15. To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1847
o 16. To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1847
o 17. To his Brother Michael: July 18, 1849
o 18. To his Brother Michael: August 27, 1849
o 19. To his Brother Michael: September 14, 1849
o 20. To his Brother Michael: December 22, 1849
o 21. To his Brother Michael: February 22, 1854
o 22. To Mme. N. D. Fonvisin: Beginning of March, 1854
o 23. To Mme. Maria Dmitryevna Issayev: June 4, 1855
o 24. To Mme. Praskovya Yegorovna Annenkov : October 18, 1855
o 25. To Apollon Nikolayevitch Maikov: January 18, 1856
o 26. To General E. I. Totleben: March 24, 1856
o 27. To Baron A. E. Vrangel: April 13, 1856
o 28. To his Brother Michael: May 31, 1858
o 29. To his Brother Michael: May 9, 1859
o 30. To Frau Stackenschneider: May 3, 1860
o 31. To Mme. V. D. Constantino: September 1, 1862
o 32. To N. N. Strachov: September 18 [30], 1863
o 33. To A. P. Milyukov: June, 1866
o 34. To Apollon Maikov: August 16 [28], 1867
o 35. To his Niece Sofia Alexandrovna : September 29 [October 11], 1867
o 36. To Apollon Maikov: October 9 [21], 1867
o 37. To P. A. Issayev: October 10 [22], 1867
o 38. To his Sister Vera, and his Brother-in-Law, Alexander Pavlovitch Ivanov: January 1 [13], 1868
o 39. To his Niece Sofia Alexandrovna: January 1 [13], 1868
o 40. To P. A. Issayev: February 19 [March 3], 1868
o 41. To Apollon Maikov: May 18 [30], 1868
o 42. To Apollon Maikov: June 10 [22], 1868
o 43. To Apollon Maikov: October 7 [19], 1868
o 44. To his Niece: October 26 [November 7], 1868
o 45. To Apollon Maikov: December n [23], 1868
o 46. To his Niece: January 25 [February 6], 1869
o 47. To N. N. Strachov: February 26 [March 10], 1869
o 48. To his Niece: March 8 [20], 1869
o 49. To N. N. Strachov: March 18 [30], 1869
o 50. To his Niece: August 29 [September 10], 1869
o 51. To Apollon Maikov: October 16 [28], 1869
o 52. To Apollon Maikov: February 12 [24], 1870
o 53. To N. N. Strachov: February 26 [March 10], 1870
o 54. To N. N. Strachov: March 24 [April 5], 1870
o 55. To Apollon Maikov: March 25 [April 6], 1870
o 56. To his Sister Vera, and his Niece: May 7 [19], 1870
o 57. To N. N. Strachov: June n [23], 1870
o 58. To his Niece: July 2 [14], 1870
o 59. To his Niece: August 17 [29], 1870
o 60 To N. N. Strachov: October 9 [21], 1870 .
o 61. To Apollon Maikov: December 15 [27], 1870
o 62. To Apollon Maikov: December 30 [January 11], 1870-71
o 63. To Apollon Maikov: March 2 [14], 1871
o 64. To N. N. Strachov: April 23 [May 5], 1871
o 65To N. N. Strachov: May 18 [30], 1871
o 66. To Mme. Ch. D. Altschevsky: April 9, 1876
o 67. To Vsevolod Solovyov : July, 1876
o 68. To Mile. Gerassimov: March 7, 1877
o 69. To A. P. N. : May 19, 1877
o 70. To N. L. Osmidov: February, 1878
o 71. To a Mother : March 27, 1878
o 72. To a Group of Moscow Students: April 18, 1878
o 73. To Mile. N. N. : April 11, 1880
o 74. To Frau E. A. Stackenschneider: July 17, 1880
75. To N. L. Osmidov: August 18, 1880
o 76. To I. S. Aksakov: August 28, 1880
o 77. To Dr. A. F. Blagonravov: December 19, 1880
• RECOLLECTIONS OF DOSTOEVSKY
o By D. V. Grigorovitch (1837-1846)
o By A. P. Milyukov (1848-1849)
o By P. K. Martyanov (1850-1854)
o By Baron Alexander Vrangel (1854-1865)
o By Sophie Kovalevsky (1866)
• CONTEMPORARY JUDGMENTS
o R. P. Pobyedonoszev to I. S. Aksakov
o I. S. Aksakov to R. P. Pobyedonoszev
o Turgenev to Slutchevsky
o Turgenev to Dostoevsky
o Turgenev to Polonsky
o Turgenev to Mme. Milyutin
o Turgenev to Saltykov (1875)
o Turgenev to Saltykov (1882)
o Tolstoy to A. N. Strachov
• INDEX
• ILLUSTRATIONS
o Portrait of Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1879
o Dostoevsky's Birthplace (the Workhouse Hospital at Moscow)
o Dostoevsky's Father
o Michael Dostoevsky
o Dostoevsky's Mother
o Dostoevsky at Semipalatinsk (1858) in Ensign's Uniform
o F. M. Dostoevsky
o Facsimile of " The Possessed," Part III., beginning of Chapter I
o Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1876
o Dostoevsky's Study in Petersburg
o Portrait of Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1879
o Dostoevsky, Moscow, 1880
o Dostoevsky's Handwriting in 1838 (Letter to his Brother Michael, August 9)
o Dostoevsky, Moscow, 1863
o Dostoevsky on his Death-Bed, January 29, 1881
o The Widow and Children of Dostoevsky at his Grave in Petersburg
The illustrations are from photographs taken, by permission, from the originals in the Moscow Museum.
Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne
First edition, October, 1914
Second edition, re-set, November 1917
NOTICE: THIS WORK MAY BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
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Table of Contents: [PDF HERE]
• TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
• CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DOSTOEVSKY'S LIFE
• LETTERS
o 1. To his Father: May 10, 1838
o 2. To his Brother Michael: August 9, 1838
o 3. To his Brother Michael: October 31, 1838
o 4. To his Brother Michael: January 1, 1840
o 5. To his Brother Michael: September 30, 1844
o 6. To his Brother Michael: March 24, 1845
o 7. To his Brother Michael: May 4, 1845
o 8. To his Brother Michael: October 8, 1845
o 9. To his Brother Michael: November 16, 1845
o 10.To his Brother Michael: February 1, 1846
o 11. To his Brother Michael: April 1, 1846
o 12. To his Brother Michael: September 17, 1846
o 13.To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1846
o 14. To his Brother Michael: November 26, 1846
o 15. To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1847
o 16. To his Brother Michael: Undated, 1847
o 17. To his Brother Michael: July 18, 1849
o 18. To his Brother Michael: August 27, 1849
o 19. To his Brother Michael: September 14, 1849
o 20. To his Brother Michael: December 22, 1849
o 21. To his Brother Michael: February 22, 1854
o 22. To Mme. N. D. Fonvisin: Beginning of March, 1854
o 23. To Mme. Maria Dmitryevna Issayev: June 4, 1855
o 24. To Mme. Praskovya Yegorovna Annenkov : October 18, 1855
o 25. To Apollon Nikolayevitch Maikov: January 18, 1856
o 26. To General E. I. Totleben: March 24, 1856
o 27. To Baron A. E. Vrangel: April 13, 1856
o 28. To his Brother Michael: May 31, 1858
o 29. To his Brother Michael: May 9, 1859
o 30. To Frau Stackenschneider: May 3, 1860
o 31. To Mme. V. D. Constantino: September 1, 1862
o 32. To N. N. Strachov: September 18 [30], 1863
o 33. To A. P. Milyukov: June, 1866
o 34. To Apollon Maikov: August 16 [28], 1867
o 35. To his Niece Sofia Alexandrovna : September 29 [October 11], 1867
o 36. To Apollon Maikov: October 9 [21], 1867
o 37. To P. A. Issayev: October 10 [22], 1867
o 38. To his Sister Vera, and his Brother-in-Law, Alexander Pavlovitch Ivanov: January 1 [13], 1868
o 39. To his Niece Sofia Alexandrovna: January 1 [13], 1868
o 40. To P. A. Issayev: February 19 [March 3], 1868
o 41. To Apollon Maikov: May 18 [30], 1868
o 42. To Apollon Maikov: June 10 [22], 1868
o 43. To Apollon Maikov: October 7 [19], 1868
o 44. To his Niece: October 26 [November 7], 1868
o 45. To Apollon Maikov: December n [23], 1868
o 46. To his Niece: January 25 [February 6], 1869
o 47. To N. N. Strachov: February 26 [March 10], 1869
o 48. To his Niece: March 8 [20], 1869
o 49. To N. N. Strachov: March 18 [30], 1869
o 50. To his Niece: August 29 [September 10], 1869
o 51. To Apollon Maikov: October 16 [28], 1869
o 52. To Apollon Maikov: February 12 [24], 1870
o 53. To N. N. Strachov: February 26 [March 10], 1870
o 54. To N. N. Strachov: March 24 [April 5], 1870
o 55. To Apollon Maikov: March 25 [April 6], 1870
o 56. To his Sister Vera, and his Niece: May 7 [19], 1870
o 57. To N. N. Strachov: June n [23], 1870
o 58. To his Niece: July 2 [14], 1870
o 59. To his Niece: August 17 [29], 1870
o 60 To N. N. Strachov: October 9 [21], 1870 .
o 61. To Apollon Maikov: December 15 [27], 1870
o 62. To Apollon Maikov: December 30 [January 11], 1870-71
o 63. To Apollon Maikov: March 2 [14], 1871
o 64. To N. N. Strachov: April 23 [May 5], 1871
o 65To N. N. Strachov: May 18 [30], 1871
o 66. To Mme. Ch. D. Altschevsky: April 9, 1876
o 67. To Vsevolod Solovyov : July, 1876
o 68. To Mile. Gerassimov: March 7, 1877
o 69. To A. P. N. : May 19, 1877
o 70. To N. L. Osmidov: February, 1878
o 71. To a Mother : March 27, 1878
o 72. To a Group of Moscow Students: April 18, 1878
o 73. To Mile. N. N. : April 11, 1880
o 74. To Frau E. A. Stackenschneider: July 17, 1880
75. To N. L. Osmidov: August 18, 1880
o 76. To I. S. Aksakov: August 28, 1880
o 77. To Dr. A. F. Blagonravov: December 19, 1880
• RECOLLECTIONS OF DOSTOEVSKY
o By D. V. Grigorovitch (1837-1846)
o By A. P. Milyukov (1848-1849)
o By P. K. Martyanov (1850-1854)
o By Baron Alexander Vrangel (1854-1865)
o By Sophie Kovalevsky (1866)
• CONTEMPORARY JUDGMENTS
o R. P. Pobyedonoszev to I. S. Aksakov
o I. S. Aksakov to R. P. Pobyedonoszev
o Turgenev to Slutchevsky
o Turgenev to Dostoevsky
o Turgenev to Polonsky
o Turgenev to Mme. Milyutin
o Turgenev to Saltykov (1875)
o Turgenev to Saltykov (1882)
o Tolstoy to A. N. Strachov
• INDEX
• ILLUSTRATIONS
o Portrait of Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1879
o Dostoevsky's Birthplace (the Workhouse Hospital at Moscow)
o Dostoevsky's Father
o Michael Dostoevsky
o Dostoevsky's Mother
o Dostoevsky at Semipalatinsk (1858) in Ensign's Uniform
o F. M. Dostoevsky
o Facsimile of " The Possessed," Part III., beginning of Chapter I
o Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1876
o Dostoevsky's Study in Petersburg
o Portrait of Dostoevsky, Petersburg, 1879
o Dostoevsky, Moscow, 1880
o Dostoevsky's Handwriting in 1838 (Letter to his Brother Michael, August 9)
o Dostoevsky, Moscow, 1863
o Dostoevsky on his Death-Bed, January 29, 1881
o The Widow and Children of Dostoevsky at his Grave in Petersburg
The illustrations are from photographs taken, by permission, from the originals in the Moscow Museum.