THE RUSSIAN GAMBLER: A BBC RADIO FULL-CAST ADAPTATION

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

A passionate, philosophical novel set in 19th century Russia, that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, judgement, and reason, set against a modernizing Russia, with a plot which revolves around the subject of patricide.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

A poverty stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: the murder of a pawnbroker. She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means?

THE IDIOT

Classic Russian literature whose central themes are based upon the love of Prince Myshkin for two women. The author vividly describes St Petersburg and the Prince's emotions: compassion and desire.

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND

Written in 1864, this novel is the first and strangest of Dostoevsky's masterpieces - and the source of those that followed. Violating literary conventions in ways never before attempted, this classic tells of a mid-19th-century Russian official's breakaway from society and descent 'underground'.