Fyodor Dostoevsky a Critical Study, Vol. 5

Excerpt from Fyodor Dostoevsky a Critical Study

I swear to you that though I have received much recognition, possibly more than I deserve, still the critics, the literary critics, who certainly have often — no, rather, very seldom-praised me, nevertheless have always spoken of me so lightly and superficially that I am obliged to assume that all those things which my heart brought forth in pain and tribulation, and which came directly from my soul, have simply passed unperceived.