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The narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent (first published in English as A Raw Youth ) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a na•ve 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his... read more

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I couldn't resist: I sat down and started writing the story of my first steps in life, although I could've managed very well without doing so.
 

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