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DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). 'Bednye liudi' [Poor Folk] in: Nekrasov, N. (ed.), Peterburgskii sbornik [Petersburg Collection]. St Petersburg: Eduard Prats, 1846.
The first appearance of Dostoevsky's debut novel; the Fekula copy. Poor Folk was an instant popular hit, Dostoevsky noting in his diary that 'the whole of Russia is talking about my Poor Folk' (8 October 1846). 'On reading [the manuscript] Nekrasov was overwhelmed with admiration and took it to Belinsky. "A new Gogol has arisen!" he exclaimed, breaking into the critic’s room. "Gogols grow like mushrooms in your imagination", Belinsky replied, but took and read the novel and was as impressed with it as Nekrasov had been. A meeting was arranged between Dostoevsky and Belinsky, and the latter poured out to the young novelist all his enthusiasm, exclaiming: "Do you yourself understand what you have written?" Dostoevsky, remembering the whole business thirty years later, said that this was the happiest day of his life' (Mirsky). This inaugural volume of Nekrasov's literary miscellany also contains Turgenev's Pomeshchik with illustrations by Agin, Nekrasov's 'V doroge', an early article by Herzen, and contributions from Belinsky, Sollogub, and others. Fekula 4985 (this copy); Kilgour 826; Mirsky, p.182.
Octavo (250 x 153mm). Engravings throughout (occasional light marginal soiling or spotting). Contemporary Russian half leather, flat spine gilt with an all-over design (rebacked preserving the original spine; corners rubbed; sides scuffed); custom grey cloth clamshell case. Provenance: Paul M. Fekula (sold, Christie's, 30 November 2006, lot 69).
The first appearance of Dostoevsky's debut novel; the Fekula copy. Poor Folk was an instant popular hit, Dostoevsky noting in his diary that 'the whole of Russia is talking about my Poor Folk' (8 October 1846). 'On reading [the manuscript] Nekrasov was overwhelmed with admiration and took it to Belinsky. "A new Gogol has arisen!" he exclaimed, breaking into the critic’s room. "Gogols grow like mushrooms in your imagination", Belinsky replied, but took and read the novel and was as impressed with it as Nekrasov had been. A meeting was arranged between Dostoevsky and Belinsky, and the latter poured out to the young novelist all his enthusiasm, exclaiming: "Do you yourself understand what you have written?" Dostoevsky, remembering the whole business thirty years later, said that this was the happiest day of his life' (Mirsky). This inaugural volume of Nekrasov's literary miscellany also contains Turgenev's Pomeshchik with illustrations by Agin, Nekrasov's 'V doroge', an early article by Herzen, and contributions from Belinsky, Sollogub, and others. Fekula 4985 (this copy); Kilgour 826; Mirsky, p.182.
Octavo (250 x 153mm). Engravings throughout (occasional light marginal soiling or spotting). Contemporary Russian half leather, flat spine gilt with an all-over design (rebacked preserving the original spine; corners rubbed; sides scuffed); custom grey cloth clamshell case. Provenance: Paul M. Fekula (sold, Christie's, 30 November 2006, lot 69).
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