The short story "A Honest Thief" was written by F. M. Dostoevsky in 1848 and is part of a collection of short stories titled "From the Notebook of an Unknown." The honest thief stands out from the other stories in the collection due to the active role of the narrator, who is not a mere witness but participates in the events unfolding in the story, and from him depends the fate of the hero of the tale.
The main theme of the short story is the repentance for sin - the admission of the embezzlement committed by a drunkard, an insignificant little man, whose only concern was securing his daily dose of alcohol by any means necessary.
The narrator, Astafi Ivanovich, hopes for the reformation of the lost little man, Yemelyan, and tries to put him on the right path. But these expectations are not fulfilled. Yemelyan, unwilling and unable to change his way of life, ultimately ends up in a miserable state.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Publisher
- Entypois
- Publishers
- In print
- Type
- Classical Literature, Prose
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 42
- Release Date
- 12/2014
- Publication Date
- 2014
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786185019174
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