# A Gentle Spirit & A Faint Heart

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- Authors: [Fyodor M. Dostoevsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/fyodor-m-dostoevsky)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-149-0
- Published: 2026-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Two of Dostoevsky's most powerful novellas of obsession, cruelty, and the fragility of the heart A pawnbroker paces beside his young wife’s body, attempting to piece together the circumstances that led to her suicide. A young man is overwhelmed by his own contentment and sows his ruin in a fierce attempt to protect it. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days