Dostoevsky and Dickens: A study of literary influence

by N.M. Lary

What did Dickens mean to Dostoevsky, and what did the Russian writer owe to Englandâ s greatest entertainer? Many of Dickensâ readers, including George Gissing and Edmund Wilson, have recognized that his achievement needs to be compared with Dostoevskyâ s, and they have suspected, or assumed an influence. N M Laryâ s book shows what the literary influence really or probably was.

172 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1973