This is the psychologically nightmarish novella that inspired literary works as diverse as Franz Kafka's "The Burrow" and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. This new collection also includes Dostoevsky's magnificent short stories "White Nights," "The Meek One," and "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man."

Deborah A. Martinsen is Assistant to the Director of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature. She is Executive Secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society.