Humiliated and Insulted
A Russian Psychological Melodrama of Betrayal, Poverty, Sacrificial Love, and Moral ResponsibilityBy Fyodor Dostoevsky
Length15h 42m
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's *Humiliated and Insulted* (1861) is a psychologically charged novel of love, betrayal, poverty, and moral responsibility. Its narrator, the aspiring writer Ivan Petrovich, recounts the intertwined sufferings of the Ikhmenev and Valkovsky families, while the vulnerable Nelly becomes the emotional center of a drama shaped by abandonment and social injustice. Combining melodramatic plotting with probing psychological observation, the novel occupies a revealing position between the sentimental tradition of the nineteenth-century Russian novel and the darker moral investigations of Dostoevsky's mature fiction. Its shifting tones—compassionate, ironic, and occasionally theatrical—expose how pride, class privilege, and wounded desire deform human relationships. Written after Dostoevsky's imprisonment, Siberian exile, and return to literary life, the novel reflects his renewed engagement with questions of suffering, faith, freedom, and human dignity. Its publication in the newly revived journal *Vremya*, edited with his brother Mikhail, marked an important stage in the author's post-exile career. Though less formally radical than *Notes from Underground* or *The Brothers Karamazov*, it anticipates their concern with moral anguish and the possibility of spiritual renewal. Readers interested in Dostoevsky's development, Russian realism, or the ethics of compassion will find this an especially valuable work. Its passionate narrative, memorable characters, and sustained attention to the humiliated make it both an accessible introduction to Dostoevsky's concerns and a significant study in its own right.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Mystery and Thriller
Length15 hrs 42 mins
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Publish dateFeb 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
150 Timeless Masterpieces (Volume 1) (Annotated)
26CHAPTER VIII
2PART I
27CHAPTER IX
3CHAPTER I
28CHAPTER X
4CHAPTER II
29CHAPTER XI
5CHAPTER III
30PART III
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6CHAPTER IV
31CHAPTER I
7CHAPTER V
32CHAPTER II
8CHAPTER VI
33CHAPTER III
9CHAPTER VII
34CHAPTER IV
10CHAPTER VIII
35CHAPTER V
11CHAPTER IX
36CHAPTER VI
12CHAPTER X
37CHAPTER VII
13CHAPTER XI
38CHAPTER VIII
14CHAPTER XII
39CHAPTER IX
15CHAPTER XIII
40CHAPTER X
16CHAPTER XIV
41PART IV
17CHAPTER XV
42CHAPTER I
18PART II
43CHAPTER II
19CHAPTER I
44CHAPTER III
20CHAPTER II
45CHAPTER IV
21CHAPTER III
46CHAPTER V
22CHAPTER IV
47CHAPTER VI
23CHAPTER V
48CHAPTER VII
24CHAPTER VI
49CHAPTER VIII
25CHAPTER VII
50CHAPTER IX
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