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The Adolescent

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Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Novel · 1875 · Russian · 19th Century

The Adolescent

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Arkady Dolgoruky pursues an idea of financial independence while searching for his father's meaning; also called A Raw Youth.

BildungsromanPsychological fictionFathersMoneyIdentity

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The retrospective adolescent voice is both confession and revision. His scheme to become untouchably rich competes with a need for recognition it cannot satisfy.

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