A Raw Youth

What does it mean to come of age in a world full of chaos and contradictions? A Raw Youth (1875), also published as The Adolescent, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is a profound exploration of youth, family conflict, and the struggle for self-definition in a turbulent society. The novel follows Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, who is caught between ambition and insecurity...