被伤害与侮辱的人们(Humiliated and Insulted)

陀思妥耶夫斯基（1821-1881），俄国十九世纪著名作家，《被伤害与侮辱的人们》是他的重要作品之一。 小说描写了资产阶级冒险家瓦尔科夫斯基对"小人物"尤其是两个弱女子的迫害和一手造成的两个家庭悲剧。没落贵族伊赫涅夫是瓦尔科夫斯基公爵的管家，他尽心尽力地为公爵管理家务和田产，却得不到公爵的赏识和信任，两人经常发生口角，最终闹翻，打起了官司，为了置伊赫涅夫一家于死地，瓦尔科夫斯基侵吞了他仅有的一座田庄，又千方百计迫使儿子阿辽沙娶百万家产的继承者做儿媳，使钟情于阿辽沙的管家的女儿娜达莎遭到抛弃。另一个受害的是斯米特老人一家，他女儿曾经受公爵引诱而离家私奔，结果被掠夺一空，家破人亡，留下一个孤苦伶仃的私生女涅丽，最后涅丽也在贫病交迫中离开人世。小说对弱者给予深深的同情，同时对资产阶级自私、虚伪、贪婪、卑鄙的本性进行了无情的揭露和鞭笞。 (Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1821) is a famous writer in the 19th century. Humiliated and Insulted is one of his important work. As depicted in the novel, bourgeoisie adventurer Valkovsky persecuted two weak women and caused tragedies of two families. As the housekeeper of Prince Valkovsky, the declining aristocracy Ikhmenev tried everything to manage the housekeeping and estate for the prince and yet failed to won recognition and trust. Both quarreled a lot and finally filed law suit against each other. To expose Ikhmenev's family to death, Valkovsky embezzled his own grange and tried all means to force Alyosha marry the successor of millions estate and make Natasha abandoned by Alyosha. Another victim is Smith family. Smith's daughter was seduced by the prince and ran away from home. In the end, Smith's daughter was deprived of happiness and estate. Only an illegitimate and lonely daughter named Nellie was left behind. In the end, Nellie died in the poverty and sickness. The author expressed his deep sympathy to the weak and exposed the selfishness, hypocrisy, greed and contemptible means.)