First Words (RUS): On Dostoevsky’s Introductions by Lewis Bagby (Russian) Paperb
Dostoevsky attached introductions to his most challenging narratives, including Notes from the House of the Dead, Notes from Underground, The Devils, The Brothers Karamazov, and “A Gentle Creature.”. That oversight is rectified in First Words, the first systematic study of Dostoevsky’s introductions.