A naive 19-year-old, Arkady, navigates ambition and family conflict in St. Petersburg, blending pathos and high comedy.
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A naive 19-year-old, Arkady, navigates ambition and family conflict in St. Petersburg, blending pathos and high comedy.
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The narrator and protagonist of Dostoevsky's novel The Adolescent (first published in English as A Raw Youth ) is Arkady Dolgoruky, a na ve 19-year-old boy bursting with ambition and opinions. The illegitimate son of a dissipated landowner, he is torn between his desire to expose his father's wrongdoing and the desire to win his love. He travels to St. Petersburg to confron This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of pathos and high comedy."
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor romantic tension; no explicit content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of conflict; no graphic violence shown.
Profanity
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Mild language used sparingly in dialogue.
Substance use
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Occasional references to alcohol; not glamorized.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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Moderate presence of religious themes and moral dilemmas.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present.
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present.
Political content
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Moderate social and cultural commentary on Russian society.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mentions of emotional distress; no explicit acts.
Abuse & suffering
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Moderate themes of family conflict and emotional suffering.
Other
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