Stavrogin's confession, and the plan of The life of a great sinner. With introductory and explanatory notes. by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

Table of Contents: “…--The plan of The life of a great sinner, by F. M. Dostoevsky.--Stavrogin's meeting with Tikhon, by V. …”


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Grace triumphant. Or, A notable exemple [sic] of a great sinner, becoming a great saint : Improved for the direction and encouragement, of them that have sinned exceedingly, to seek salvation from all their sins. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]. by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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A remedy against despair. Or Brief discourse wherein great sinners are encouraged, and directed how to improve the consideration of the greatness of their sins in praying to God for pardon : Being the substance of two sermons preached at the lecture in Boston, 1699... by Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707

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Going for broke : the depiction of compulsive gambling in film by Dement, Jeffrey W., 1969-

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Dostoevsky : his life and work. by Mochulʹskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1892-1948

Table of Contents: “…The Eternal husband and the Life of a great sinner --…”


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Thomas Mann by Feuerlicht, Ignace

Table of Contents: “…The decline and fall of a family -- The prince and the millionaire's daughter -- Education in a sanitarium -- Back to the patriarchs -- The old genius and his old beloved -- Music, Germany, and the devil -- A legendary career: from great sinner to great Pope -- A portrait of the artist as a young swindler -- Stories -- Essays -- Letters -- Conclusion.…”


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Titian & tragic painting : Aristotle's poetics and the rise of the modern artist by Puttfarken, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- On the status of painting in the Renaissance -- Painting, poetry and the liberal arts -- Imitation, moral purpose and learning -- Tragedy -- Titian and tragedy -- The four great sinners -- Michelangelo and Titian: 'terribilità' and tragic 'pathos' -- Titian's mythological paintings: problems of interpretation -- Titian's 'poesie' for Philip II as painted tragedies -- The final tragedies and Titian's 'late style' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”


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Translations from the Russian by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

Table of Contents: “…Stavrogin's confession and the plan of The life of a great sinner / F.M. Dostoevsky. Originally published: Richmond : Hogarth Press, 1922. -- Tolstoi's love letters : with a study of the autobiographical elements in Tolstoi's work / by Paul Biryukov. …”


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The notebooks for the possessed by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

Table of Contents: “…Autobiographical notes -- Early anticipation of The Possessed -- The Life of the Great Sinner -- The earliest variant, "envy" -- The student and Granovsky -- The romantic complications -- Shaposhnikov and Granovsky against Nechaev -- The prince between Nechaev and Golubov -- The prince in search of faith -- The prince in defense of the Russian idea -- The prince and the consequences of faith and unfaith -- The prince, Liza, and the lame woman -- The prince and Nechaev, a secret connection -- Nechaev-Uncertain chronology -- The prince and Tikhon-Miscellaneous entries -- Miscellaneous entries -- Notes for part III of the novel.…”


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The films of Gregory Peck by Griggs, John

Table of Contents: “…Days of glory -- The keys of the kingdom -- The valley of decision -- Spellbound -- The yearling -- The Macomber affair -- Duel in the sun -- Gentleman's agreement -- The Paradine case -- Yellow sky -- The great sinner -- Twelve o'clock high -- The gunfighter -- Only the valiant -- David and Bathsheba -- Captain Horatio Hornblower -- The snows of Kilimanjaro -- The world in his arms -- Roman holiday -- Night people -- Man with a million -- The purple plain -- The man in the gray flannel suit -- Moby Dick -- Designing women -- The bravados -- The big country -- Pork Chop Hill -- Beloved infidel -- On the beach -- The guns of Navarone -- Cape Fear -- To kill a mockingbird -- How the West was won -- Captain Newman, M.D. -- Behold a pale horse -- Mirage -- Arabesque -- The stalking moon -- Mackenna's gold -- The chairman -- Marooned -- I walk the line -- Shoot out -- Billy Two Hats -- The omen -- MacArthur -- The boys from Brazil -- The sea wolves.…”


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John Newton : from disgrace to amazing grace by Aitken, Jonathan, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Family Life and Health Worries -- Leaving Olney -- Arriving in London -- Family, Friends, and Apologia -- The Eclectic Society and the Messiah -- Mentor to William Wilberforce -- Correspondence with Wilberforce -- Abolitionist Campaigner -- Death of Polly -- Declining Years and Continuing Influence -- A Great Sinner and a Great Savior -- Epilogue: John Newton's Legacy.…”


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The life of Milarepa by Gtsang-smyon He-ru-ka, 1452-1507

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Dostoyevsky and the process of literary creation by Catteau, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The creative environment -- Forms of creativity in embryo -- The heritage -- The heritage: literature -- The heritage: history and philosophy -- Illness -- Money -- Part II: The process of creation -- The writer at work -- The great dialogue: the news item -- The great dialogue: migrant images -- The play of dialogue -- The unity of thought in the novel -- The summit of creative interrogation: 'The life of a great sinner' -- A raw youth: reasons for choice -- A raw youth: the appearance of the vision -- A raw youth: the human architecture -- A raw youth: the idea of the novel -- The composition of the novel in Dostoyevsky's work: choice of chronicle form -- Composition of the novel in A raw youth: chronicle and stories -- Part III: Time and space in the world of the novels -- The master of men and hours -- Chronology and temporality in The idiot -- The ascending spiral -- Time of power and power of time -- The havens of eternity -- The dream of space and the space of the real -- The inventory and the expressionist orchestration of scenery and lighting -- The semantics of color -- The hero in space: sighting and seeing.…”


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The works of Dr. Nathanael Homes. by Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678

Table of Contents: “…Gods gracious thoughts towards great sinners -- 6. Gods gracious expressions to accepters of grace -- 7. …”


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Dostoevsky. The miraculous years, 1865-1871 by Frank, Joseph, 1918-2013

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Transliteration and Texts -- PART I: SOME "STRANGE, 'UNFINISHED' IDEAS" -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: "The Unhappiest of Mortals" -- Chapter 3: Khlestakov in Wiesbaden -- Chapter 4: "Our Poor Little Defenseless Boys and Girls" -- Chapter 5: The Sources of Crime and Punishment -- Chapter 6: From Novella to Novel -- Chapter 7: A Reading of Crime and Punishment -- PART II: REMARRIAGE -- Chapter 8: "A Little Diamond" -- Chapter 9: The Gambler -- Chapter 10: Escape and Exile -- Chapter 11: Turgenev and Baden-Baden -- Chapter 12: Geneva: Life among the Exiles -- PART III: A RUSSIAN IDEAL -- Chapter 13: In Search of a Novel -- Chapter 14: "A Perfectly Beautiful Man" -- Chapter 15: An Inconsolable Father -- Chapter 16: Across the Alps -- Chapter 17: The Idiot -- Chapter 18: Historical Visions -- PART IV: THE PAMPHLET AND THE POEM -- Chapter 19: The Life of a Great Sinner -- Chapter 20: The Eternal Husband -- Chapter 21: Fathers, Sons, and Stavrogin -- Chapter 22: Exile's Return -- Chapter 23: History and Myth in The Devils: I -- Chapter 24: History and Myth in The Devils: II -- Chapter 25: The Book of the Impostors -- Chapter 26: Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.…”


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Dostoevsky : a biography by Grossman, L. P. (Leonid Petrovich), 1888-1965

Table of Contents: “…Italy, Dresden again ; 'The life of a great sinner' ; A terrible year -- XVII. A political novel. …”


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The spirit of Russia : studies in history, literature and philosophy by Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937, Slavík, Jan, 1885-1978

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS -- v. 3 -- Dostoevsky -- The life of the great sinner: Atheism, nihilism, and the brothers Karamazov -- Russian universality: Dostoevsky's speech about Pushkin -- Dostoevsky's philosophy of history -- Russian nationalism -- Russian chauvinism -- The Russian character -- Russia and Europe -- Russian foreign relations -- Russian domestic politics -- The political development of Dostoevsky -- Dostoevsky and Russian literature -- Tolstoy -- Various writers -- The philosophy of French romanticism: Musset -- Titanism and Russian literature -- Lermontov -- Goncharov -- Turgenev -- Three decadents -- Gorky.…”


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A Declaration against the Antinomians, and their doctrine of liberty : their chief tenents briefly and fully answered and the danger of those erronoeus points manifested : with a c...

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