The Landlady
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Read by Yuqing
Everything changed when Ordynov, a secluded young thinker, stepped out of his old lodgings in search of another corner. The ailing landlord watched from a distance, while the beautiful landlady came close...
A tale of love, murder, and sorcery, The Landlady is one of a kind among Fyodor Dostoevsky's works. Written at the age of 26 before he was sent to Siberia, preceded only by The Double and Poor Folk, this novella draws inspiration from Russian folklore as well as stories by Pushkin and Gogol. It anticipates some of the writer's most important ideas to be developed in his later writings. (Summary by Yuqing Cao) (4 hr 14 min)
Chapters
| Part I, Chapter I | 35:43 | Read by Yuqing |
| Part I, Chapter II | 40:19 | Read by Yuqing |
| Part I, Chapter III | 33:07 | Read by Yuqing |
| Part II, Chapter I | 1:04:11 | Read by Yuqing |
| Part II, Chapter II | 41:16 | Read by Yuqing |
| Part II, Chapter III | 39:36 | Read by Yuqing |
Reviews
Great book, not so great reader
Magdelana
I love this book, I love everything by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. However the readers slow, overly dramatic way of speaking drives me crazy. So much so that I could only get through the first couple chapters before I deleted it. She accentuates inappropriately and speaks so slowly that it is infuriating. Sadly this is the only version of The Landlady available on this platform.
Neglected Early Dostoyevsky
Bret Heddleston
Thanks to Yuqing Cao for making this available in free audio. The Landlady doesn't get much love, but the reader does it a service, and helps everyone interested in hearing the whole of D.'s oeuvre.