The Crocodile is a classic Russian short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism/5(10). Well, wasn’t this an oddly quirky, odd, funny and humorous short story by Dostoyevsky. The story revolves around a crocodile brought over to Russia. In a drunken stupor a man falls into the enclosure and was eaten. As many Russians had never seen a crocodile before, what did the innards contain, how was he eaten, what did it symbolise?/5(). Inspired by Gogol's surreal tales, Dostoevsky's hilarious story has been interpreted by some as a vitriolic piece of social criticism and a veiled attack on the revolutionary philosopher Nikolai Chernyshevsky. Read an extract. Read an extract of The Crocodile. Close Preview.
As the story ends Elena Ivanovna is contemplating divorce and Ivan Matveich resolves to carry on his work as a civil servant as best he can from inside the crocodile. Fyodor Dostoyevsky () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Complete summary of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Crocodile. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Crocodile. The Crocodile (Version 2) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ( - )Translated by Constance Garnett ( - )Genre(s): Myths, Legends Fairy Tales, Literary F.
"The Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил, Krokodil) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in in his magazine Epoch. The Crocodile. LibriVox recording of The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Ivan Matveich, the most ordinary person you might hope to meet, is swallowed alive by a crocodile at a sideshow. Finding life inside the belly of the beast quite comfortable, he makes a home for himself there. The Crocodile is a classic Russian short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism.
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