Excerpt from Injury and Insult<br><br>Dostoieffsky had brought back a wife, the widow of one of his fellow-conspirators. The story of his marriage is full of the ill-luck which dogged the novelist's footsteps, as well as of the noble self denial which distinguished his whole life. The lady had been attached to another, and Dostoieffsky, despite his love for her, laboured to remove the obstacles to her union with the man she seemed to prefer. We find a reflection of this epoch of his life in the present volume, Injury and Insult, in which the hero, a young novelist, labours untiringly for the happiness of the girl he loves, although the success of his endeavours means the absolute loss of hope to himself. Let those, therefore, who may consider the character of Vainia overdrawn in its marvellous unselfishness, reflect that they are reading the record of Dostoieffsky's own con duct under circumstances very similar to those in this novel. The character of Nat. Sha, the incarnation of passion, has been aptly likened to one of the victims of? Greek tragedy, whilst there is something about Nelly which recalls the creations of Dickens.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.