The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels, Short Stories and Autobiographical Writings: Novels, Short Stories, Memoirs & Letters of 19th-Century Russia

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The little princess’s chief defect, or rather the leading element in her character, which was incessantly seeking expression in its true form, and naturally was continually misdirected and in a state of conflict — was pride.