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    An Honest Thief: Short Story
    An Honest Thief: Short Story
    An Honest Thief: Short Story
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    An Honest Thief: Short Story

    By Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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    After his landlord experiences a break-in and theft, Astafy Ivanovich tells the man the tragic story of a man named Emelyan Ilyitch—an honest thief he once knew, and whose livelihood Astafy once found himself responsible for.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9781443448185
    An Honest Thief: Short Story
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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

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