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Часть текста: his countenance unconsciously assumed a strange and, one may almost say, a displeased expression. As Mr. Golyadkin almost always turned up inappropriately and was thrown into confusion whenever he approached any one about his own little affairs, on this occasion, too, he was desperately embarrassed. Having neglected to get ready his first sentence, which was invariably a stumbling-block for him on such occasions, he muttered something - apparently an apology - and, not knowing what to do next, took a chair and sat down, but, realizing that he had sat down without being asked to do so, he was immediately conscious of his lapse, and made haste to efface his offence against etiquette and good breeding by promptly getting up again from the seat he had taken uninvited. Then, on second thoughts, dimly perceiving that he had committed two stupid blunders at once, he immediately decided to commit a third - that is, tried to right himself, muttered something, smiled, blushed, was overcome with embarrassment, sank into expressive silence, and finally sat down for good and did not get up again. Only, to protect himself from all contingencies, he looked at the doctor with that defiant glare which had an extraordinary power of figuratively crushing Mr. Golyadkin's enemies and reducing them to ashes. This glance, moreover, expressed to the full Mr. Golyadkin's independence - that is, to speak plainly, the fat that Mr. Golyadkin was "all right," that he was...

2. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток). Part III. Chapter III

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Часть текста: to define my spiritual condition; if I were to give an account of it the reader would scarcely believe in it. It will be better for it to be made clear by facts themselves. And so I will only say one thing: let the reader remember the SOUL OF THE SPIDER; and that in the man who longed to get away from them all, and from the whole world for the sake of "seemliness!" The longing for "seemliness" was still there, of course, and very intense, but how it could be linked with other longings of a very different sort is a mystery to me. It always has been a mystery, and I have marvelled a thousand times at that faculty in man (and in the Russian, I believe, more especially) of cherishing in his soul his loftiest ideal side by side with the most abject baseness, and all quite sincerely. Whether this is breadth in the Russian which takes him so far or simply baseness--that is the question! But enough of that. However that may be, a time of calm followed. All I knew was that I must get well at all costs and as quickly as possible that I ...

3. Dostoevsky. El adolecente (Spanish. Подросток). Tercera parte. Capítulo III

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Часть текста: parte. Capítulo III CAPÍTULO III I Tres días más tarde, me levanté por la mañana y comprendí de repente, una vez en pie, que no volvería a meterme en la cama. Experimentaba en todo mi ser la cercanía de la curación. Todos estos menudos detalles no valdrían quizá la pena de ser anotados, pero entonces sobrevino una serie de días en los cuales no se produjo nada de particular, y que, no obstante, han permanecido todos en mi memoria como algo tranquilo y gozoso: es una rareza en mis recuerdos. De momento, no hablaré de mi estado mental; si el lector supiese en qué consistía, no querría creerlo. Conviene más que esto resalte más tarde por los hechos. Mientras tanto, diré solamente esto: que el lector se acuerde de un alma de araña (118). Y de esto, de la habitación desde la que quería abandonarlos y, con ellos, al mundo entero, en nombre de "la belleza". El anhelo de belleza estaba en su colmo, eso era una gran verdad, pero la forma en que pudo aliarse con otros anhelos, y cuáles!, es para mí un misterio. Eso siempre ha sido un misterio, y mil veces me he asombrado de esta facultad que tiene el hombre (y, creo, por excelencia el hombre ruso) de mecer su corazón a una altura sublime y junto a la peor bajeza, y siempre con una absoluta sinceridad. Sobre si esta famosa amplitud de espíritu del ruso, que lo conducirá lejos, es eso, amplitud de espíritu, o si es sencillamente bajeza, la cuestión queda sin dilucidar. Pero dejemos esto. De una manera o de otra, se produjo una...

4. Dostoevsky. The Double (English. Двойник). Chapter XIII

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Часть текста: characteristic firmness and resolution his favourite phrase that "it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best." "But all this does not matter for the time," our hero repeated, still staunch and not downhearted, wiping from his face the cold drops that streamed in all directions from the brim of his round hat, which was so soaked that it could hold no more water. Adding that all this was nothing so far, our hero tried to sit on a rather thick clump of wood, which was lying near a heap of logs in Olsufy Ivanovitch's yard. Of course, it was no good thinking of Spanish serenades or silken ladders, but it was quite necessary to think of a modest corner, snug and private, if not altogether warm. He felt greatly tempted, we may mention in passing, by that corner in the back entry of Olsufy Ivanovitch's flat in which he had once, almost at the beginning of this true story, stood for two hours between a cupboard and an old screen among all sorts of domestic odds and ends and useless litter. The fact is that Mr. Golyadkin had been standing waiting for two whole hours on this occasion in Olsufy Ivanovitch's yard. But in regard to that modest and snug little corner there were certain drawbacks which had not existed before. The first drawback was the fact that it was probably now a marked place and that certain precautionary measures had been taken in regard to it since the scandal at Olsufy Ivanovitch's last ball. Secondly, he had to wait for a signal from Klara Olsufyevna, for there was bound to be some such signal, it was always a feature in such cases and, "it didn't ...

5. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток). Part III. Chapter II

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Часть текста: in a couple of words. Ever since Prince Sergay's arrest, poor Liza had shown a sort of conceited pride, an unapproachable haughtiness, almost unendurable; but every one in the house knew the truth and understood how she was suffering, and if at first I scowled and was sulky at her manner with us, it was simply owing to my petty irritability, increased tenfold by illness--that is how I explain it now. I had not ceased to love Liza; on the contrary, I loved her more than ever, only I did not want to be the first to make advances, though I understood that nothing would have induced her either to make the first advances. As soon as all the facts came out about Prince Sergay, that is, immediately after his arrest, Liza made haste at once to take up an attitude to us, and to every one else, that would not admit of the possibility of sympathy or any sort of consolation and excuses for Prince Sergay. On the contrary, she seemed continually priding herself on her luckless lover's action as though it were the loftiest heroism, though she tried to avoid all discussion of the subject. She seemed every moment to be telling us all (though I repeat that she did not utter a word), 'None of you would do the same--you would not give yourself up at the dictates of honour and duty, none of you have such a pure and delicate conscience! And as for his misdeeds, who has not evil actions upon his conscience? Only every one conceals them, and this man preferred facing ruin to remaining ignoble in his own eyes. ' This seemed to be expressed by every gesture Liza...

6. Dostoevsky. El adolecente (Spanish. Подросток). Tercera parte. Capítulo II

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Часть текста: las cejas ante aquellos modales, fue únicamente a causa de mi susceptibilidad mezquina, decuplicada aún por la enfermedad; por lo menos eso es lo que pienso hoy de ello. Pero jamás dejé de querer a Lisa. Muy al contrario, la quería todavía más. Solamente que no quería ser yo quien diera el primer paso, aun comprendiendo que tampoco sería ella quien to daría, a ningún precio. Desde que se conoció la historia del príncipe, inmediatamente después de su arresto, Lisa no tuvo más preocupación que la de tomar respecto a nosotros y respecto a todo el mundo la actitud de una persona que no sabría ni siquiera admitir la idea de que se la pudiese compadecer o consolar, al justificar al príncipe. Al contrario, siempre tratando de no explicarse y de no discutir jamás, tenía en todo momento el aire de gloriarse con la conducta de su desgraciado novio, como si se tratara de un heroísmo supremo. Ella parecía decirnos a todos y en cualquier instante (sin pronunciar una palabra, lo repito): "Ninguno de vosotros hará jamás otro tanto. No seríais capaces de ir a entregaros por motivos de honor y de deber. Es que ninguno de vosotros tiene la conciencia tan delicada y tan pura. En cuanto a sus actos, quién es el que no tiene alguna mala acción sobre su conciencia? Solamente que los demás se ocultan, mientras que él ha preferido perderse antes que seguir siendo indigno a sus propios ojos." He aquí lo que significaba a ojos vistas cada uno de sus gestos. Yo no sé, pero me parece que yo habría obrado exactamente igual en la posición de ella. No sé tampoco si son éstas ciertamente las ideas que ella...

7. Dostoevsky. El adolecente (Spanish. Подросток). Tercera parte. Capítulo IV

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Часть текста: y lo haré como si no fuese yo quien escribiera, sin que mi corazón esté interesado en ello, bajo la forma de una especie d'entre-filet de periódico. Lambert, mi camarada de infancia, habría podido muy bien y casi literalmente estar afiliado a esas innobles bandas de pequeños intrigantes que se asocian con objeto de lo que hoy se llama "chantage" y que caen ahora bajo el peso de ciertas definiciones y penas del código. La banda en la que participaba Lambert se había formado en Moscú y había cometido ya allí no pocas fechorías (posteriormente fueron descubiertas en parte). Supe después que en Moscú habían tenido, durante algún tiempo, a un dirigente extraordinariamente experimentado y no tonto del todo, un hombre ya maduro. Ejecutaban sus empresas, bien toda la banda junta, bien por grupos. Al lado de cosas extremadamente sucias a indecibles (de las que por otra parte se ha hablado en los periódicos), se...

8. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток). Part III. Chapter IV

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Часть текста: of an entrefilet in the newspaper. The fact is that my old schoolfellow, Lambert, might well, and indeed with certainty, be said to belong to one of those disreputable gangs of petty scoundrels who form associations for the sake of what is now called chantage, an offence nowadays defined and punished by our legal code. The gang to which Lambert belonged had been formed in Moscow and had already succeeded in a good many enterprises there (it was to some extent exposed later on). I heard afterwards that they had in Moscow an extremely experienced and clever leader, a man no longer young. They embarked upon enterprises, sometimes acting individually and sometimes in concert. While they were responsible for some filthy and indecent scandals (accounts of which have, however, already been published in the newspapers) they also carried out some subtle and elaborate intrigues under the leadership of their chief. I found out about some of them later on, but I will not repeat the details. I will only mention that it was their characteristic method to discover some secret, often in the...

9. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток)

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Часть текста: write, that is, to win the praise of my readers. It has suddenly occurred to me to write out word for word all that has happened to me during this last year, simply from an inward impulse, because I am so impressed by all that has happened. I shall simply record the incidents, doing my utmost to exclude everything extraneous, especially all literary graces. The professional writer writes for thirty years, and is quite unable to say at the end why he has been writing for all that time. I am not a professional writer and don't want to be, and to drag forth into the literary market-place the inmost secrets of my soul and an artistic description of my feelings I should regard as indecent and contemptible. I foresee, however, with vexation, that it will be impossible to avoid describing feelings altogether and making reflections (even, perhaps, cheap ones), so corrupting is every sort of literary pursuit in its effect, even if it be undertaken only for one's own satisfaction. The reflections may indeed be very cheap, because what is of value for oneself may very well have no value for others. But all this is beside the mark. It will do for a preface, however. There will be nothing more of the sort. Let us get to work, though there is nothing more difficult than to begin upon some sorts of work--perhaps any sort of work. 2 I am beginning--or rather, I should like to begin--these notes from the 19th of September of last year, that is, from the very day I first met. . . But to explain so prematurely who it was I met ...

10. Dostoevsky. A Raw Youth (English. Подросток). Part I. Chapter VII

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Часть текста: and for the first time felt myself free. I felt, too, that I had weakened my position: how I was to act in regard to the letter about the inheritance was more obscure than ever. Now it would be certainly taken for granted that I was revenging myself on Versilov. But while all this discussion was going on downstairs I had made up my mind to submit the question of the letter to an impartial outsider and to appeal to Vassin for his decision, or, failing Vassin, to take it to some one else. I had already made up my mind to whom. I would go to see Vassin once, for that occasion only, I thought to myself, and then--then I would vanish for a long while, for some months, from the sight of all, especially of Vassin. Only my mother and sister I might see occasionally. It was all inconsistent and confused; I felt that I had done something, though not in the right way, and I was satisfied: I repeat, I was awfully pleased anyway. I meant to go to bed rather early, foreseeing I should have a lot to do next day. Besides finding a lodging and moving, I had another project which in one way or another I meant to carry out. But the evening was not destined to end without surprises, and Versilov succeeded in astonishing me extremely. He had certainly never been into my attic, and lo and behold, before I had been an hour in my room I heard his footsteps on the ladder: he called to me to show a light. I took a candle, and stretching out my hand, which he caught hold of, I helped him up. "Merci, my dear fellow; I've never climbed up here before, not even when I took the lodgings. I imagined what sort of place it was, but I never supposed it was quite such a hole as this." He stood in the middle of my attic, looking around with curiosity. "Why, this is a coffin, a regular coffin." It really had a resemblance to the inside of a coffin, and I positively admired the way he had...

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