F. DOSTOEVSKY AND CH. DICKENS: THE QUESTION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF MOTIVES

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The article attempts to trace the transformation of motives Dickens’s novels in the works of Dostoyevsky as an example «The Old Curiosity Shop» and «Humiliated and Insulted». Among the borrowed from the English writer’s motifs (the unfortunate child, the friendship of two girls, unexpected inheritance, etc.) deserves special attention «reincarnation» of the character of Nelly Nell Trent into Nelly Volkovskaya that is a unique example of a complete transformation of the character with some modification did by the Russian writer.

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Leslava Korenovska

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Leslava Korenovska (2016). F. DOSTOEVSKY AND CH. DICKENS: THE QUESTION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF MOTIVES. Проблеми сучасного літературознавства, 0(22), 217-229. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-391995