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'''''Netochka Nezvanova''''' ({{lang-ru|Неточка Незванова}}, "Nameless Nobody") is [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s first but unfinished attempt at writing a novel. He started writing it in 1848 and the first completed section of the book was published in the end of 1849. According to translator [[Jane Kentish]], this first publication was intended as "no more than a prologue to the novel".<ref name="NN">Fyodor Dostoyevsky: ''Netochka Nezvanova''. Translated with an introduction by Jane Kentish. Penguin Books. 1985. ISBN |
'''''Netochka Nezvanova''''' ({{lang-ru|Неточка Незванова}}, "Nameless Nobody") is [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s first but unfinished attempt at writing a novel. He started writing it in 1848 and the first completed section of the book was published in the end of 1849. According to translator [[Jane Kentish]], this first publication was intended as "no more than a prologue to the novel".<ref name="NN">Fyodor Dostoyevsky: ''Netochka Nezvanova''. Translated with an introduction by Jane Kentish. Penguin Books. 1985. {{ISBN|0-14-044455-6}}</ref> Further work on the novel was prevented by Dostoyevsky's arrest and exile to a [[Siberian]] detention camp for alleged participation in revolutionary activities {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}. After his return in 1859, Dostoyevsky never resumed work on ''Netochka Nezvanova'', leaving this fragment forever incomplete. |
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[[Ann Dunnigan]]'s American English translation of the novel was first published in 1972. |
[[Ann Dunnigan]]'s American English translation of the novel was first published in 1972. |
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| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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| Original title | Неточка Незванова |
| Translator | Jane Kentish |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1849 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 173 pp |
| Preceded by | The Double: A Petersburg Poem |
| Followed by | The Village of Stepanchikovo |
Netochka Nezvanova (Russian: Неточка Незванова, "Nameless Nobody") is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's first but unfinished attempt at writing a novel. He started writing it in 1848 and the first completed section of the book was published in the end of 1849. According to translator Jane Kentish, this first publication was intended as "no more than a prologue to the novel".[1] Further work on the novel was prevented by Dostoyevsky's arrest and exile to a Siberian detention camp for alleged participation in revolutionary activities [citation needed]. After his return in 1859, Dostoyevsky never resumed work on Netochka Nezvanova, leaving this fragment forever incomplete.
Ann Dunnigan's American English translation of the novel was first published in 1972.
Plot
The story is about the sorrowful life of a young girl living in extreme poverty in Saint Petersburg, who ends up an orphan and is adopted by a wealthy upper-class family. When she meets her new stepsister, Katya, she instantly becomes infatuated with her and the two soon become inseparable. However, one day Katya is forced to leave to Moscow with her parents, and for the next eight years Netochka lives with Katya's older sister, who becomes her new mother figure. The story ends abruptly before the two girls reunite.
Footnotes
- ^ Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Netochka Nezvanova. Translated with an introduction by Jane Kentish. Penguin Books. 1985. ISBN 0-14-044455-6
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