Can an action be so bad that you are sickened with guilt? Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, believes that committing a crime could be the answer to his troubles. However,...

Text of the short story "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is set up as a series of letters, diary entries, and editorials written in 1861 and 1862. (Free site registration offers some additional features,...

This is the full text of the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This stunning psychological portrait tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break...