Sämtliche Werke 17 : Onkelchens Traum und andere Humoresken by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Sämtliche Werke 17 : Onkelchens Traum und andere Humoresken" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a collection of humorous stories written in the mid-19th century. The volume gathers comic and satirical pieces, with Uncle’s Dream leading a small‑town social farce about status, gossip, and matrimonial scheming. Its central figures include the domineering society queen Marja Alexandrowna, her beautiful daughter Sina, the glib suitor Pawel Mosgljakov, and the decrepit Prince K., whose arrival stirs intrigue
and opportunity. The opening of the collection adds a brief foreword situating the first two comic tales alongside a later political satire, then launches into Uncle’s Dream. In the provincial town of Mordassoff, Marja Alexandrowna rules by fear and tact, while her amiable but useless husband is exiled to the estate and her celebrated daughter Sina faces whispered scandals. News erupts when the half-ruined Prince K.—a vain, over-cosmeticked relic now controlled by the managing Stepanida Matveyevna—suddenly appears at Marja Alexandrowna’s house after a roadside mishap, brought in by the chatty suitor Mosgljakov. A lively salon scene follows: Mosgljakov recounts the rescue, Sina coolly refuses to commit to his proposal, the addled prince misidentifies people and rambles charmingly, and Mosgljakov provocatively suggests marrying the prince to the clever widow Nastassja—an idea Marja Alexandrowna pointedly shuts down as the chapter closes with comic digressions about servants, ailments, and hydropathic cures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
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| Contributor | Filosofov, Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich, 1872-1940 |
| Contributor | Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich, 1865-1941 |
| Editor | Moeller van den Bruck, Arthur, 1876-1925 |
| Translator | Rahsin, E. K., 1886-1966 |
| Title | Sämtliche Werke 17 : Onkelchens Traum und andere Humoresken |
| Original Publication | Muenchen: Piper, 1909. |
| Note | Translations of: Дядюшкин сон (Dyadyushkin son); Чужая жена и муж под кроватью (Chuzhaya zhena i muzh pod krovatyu); Крокодил (Krokodil). |
| Contents | Onkelchens Traum -- Die fremde Frau und der Mann unter dem Bett -- Das Krokodil. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Russian fiction -- Translations into German |
| Subject | Short stories, Russian -- Translations into German |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76110 |
| Release Date | May 18, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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