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The Banality of the Dead: On Dostoevsky's Bobok

The Banality of the Dead: On Dostoevsky's Bobok

I want to focus on a particular story called Bobok, which first appeared in 1873 in A Writer's Diary. At around 22 pages, Bobok is a short, satirical tale that contains many of the themes that occupied Dostoevsky and that he worked out in greater detail in his novels…

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