.jpg) First publication in Otechestvennye Zapiski (1849) | |
| Author | Fyodor Dostoevsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Неточка Незванова |
| Translator | Ann Dunnigan (1972) Jane Kentish (1985) |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Otechestvennye zapiski |
Publication date | 1849 |
| Publication place | Russia |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 173 pp |
Netochka Nezvanova (Russian: Не́точка Незва́нова) is an unfinished novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was originally intended as a large scale work in the form of a 'confession', but a background sketch of the eponymous heroine's childhood and adolescence is all that was completed and published. According to translator Jane Kentish, this first publication was intended as "no more than a prologue to the novel".[1] Dostoevsky began work on the novel in 1848 and the first completed section was published at the end of 1849. Further work was prevented by the author's arrest and exile to a Siberian detention camp for his part in the activities of the Petrashevsky Circle. After his return in 1859, Dostoevsky never resumed work on Netochka Nezvanova, leaving this fragment forever incomplete.
The novel is in the style of a Bildungsroman, depicting experiences and emotions from Netochka's formative years, as recalled by her in maturity.
- ^ Fyodor Dostoevsky: Netochka Nezvanova. Translated with an introduction by Jane Kentish. Penguin Books. 1985. p 5. ISBN 0-14-044455-6