CHAPTER V: GONTCHARÓFF; DOSTOYÉVSKIY; NEKRÁSOFF 151

Gontcharóff--_Oblomoff_--The Russian malady of Oblomoffdom--Is it exclusively Russian? _The Precipice_--Dostoyévskiy--His first novel--General character of his work--_Memoirs from a Dead House_--_Down-trodden and Offended_--_Crime and Punishment_--_The Brothers Karamázoff_--Nekrasoff--Discussions about his talent--His love of the people--Apotheosis of Woman--Other prose-writers of the same epoch--Serghéi Aksákoff--Dal--Ivan Panaeff--Hvoschinskaya (V. Krestovskiy-pseudonyme)--Poets of the same epoch--Koltsoff--Nikitin--Pleschéeff--The admirers of pure art: Tutcheff; A. Maykoff; Scherbina; A. Fet--A. K. Tolstóy--The Translators.