A Gentle Creature
About this book
"A Gentle Creature" (), sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in November 1876. A first-person stream of consciousness narrative, 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."
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 9 readers · 60 pages · ≈ 1 h 07 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read A Gentle Creature?
About ≈ 1 h 07 m — 60 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Gentle Creature?
60 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Gentle Creature?
It sits on the Classics shelves.
Has A Gentle Creature been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Q28665821 (1992).
Who wrote A Gentle Creature?
Fyodor Dostoevsky.