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Three Men: Pascal, Ibsen, Dostoevsky
André Suarès · 1913
An essay by André Suarès from 1913 that compares Dostoevsky with Pascal and Ibsen, scanned as a PDF from the Internet Archive.
An essay that places Dostoevsky alongside Pascal and Ibsen, showing how early twentieth-century critics compared him with other major thinkers and writers.
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What it is
This is an essay study by the French writer André Suarès (1866-1948), published in 1913 under the French title Trois hommes: Pascal, Ibsen, Dostoïevski. The scan opens with a list of other works by Suarès published by several Paris houses. It is read here as a PDF from the Internet Archive.
Why it matters
The essay places Dostoevsky beside two very different figures, the philosopher Blaise Pascal and the playwright Henrik Ibsen. Such comparisons show how French and European writers of the early twentieth century grouped and judged the great authors of the past and present.
Look closer
- Why might a writer choose to compare Dostoevsky with Pascal and Ibsen rather than with other novelists?
- What does the essay's title tell you about the way the author arranges his subjects?
- Whose judgments does the author rely on, and which parts of his argument are his own opinions?
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