An Honest Thief

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"An Honest Thief" (Russian: Честный вор) is an 1848 short story by Dostoevsky.

Dostoyevsky's fondness of the works of Charles Dickens is shown in An Honest Thief.[citation needed] As an already acclaimed author, Dostoyevsky, admitting his debt as a writer to Gogol[citation needed], wrote a short story involving one of his most tragic characters. Yemelyan, an abject drunkard, cannot maintain sobriety despite realizing the evil of alcohol. Yemelyan's inability to save himself makes for an astounding and tragic short story.

Beyond this, the obvious paradox contained within the title is clarified in a dying abjuration.

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The Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Major Works: Poor Folk | The Double: A Petersburg Poem | The Village of Stepanchikovo | The Insulted and Humiliated | The House of the Dead | A Nasty Story | Notes from Underground | Crime and Punishment | The Gambler | The Idiot | The Possessed | The Raw Youth | The Brothers Karamazov
Short Stories: "White Nights" | "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding" | "An Honest Thief" | "The Peasant Marey" | "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" | "A Gentle Creature" | "A Weak Heart"
Other: "The Grand Inquisitor" | Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
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