A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story

Sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chronicles the relationship between a pawnbroker and a girl that frequents his shop. The story was inspired by a news report that Dostoyevsky read in April 1876 about the suicide of a seamstress. Dostoyevsky referred to it as a "meek suicide" that "keeps haunting you for a long time."

• • Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jhon La Cruz
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Mar 29, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 52 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1530693667
• • ISBN-13: 9781530693665