THE MILITARY LEGACY OF THE NARRATOR OF A GENTLE CREATURE BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
The article is a contribution to the historical and literary commentary on Fyodor M. Dostoevsky’s novella A Gentle Creature. It focuses on the narrator’s past as a military officer. The article offers a theory concerning the narrator’s branch of service and reveals why it was important for Dostoevsky to make his protag...