There was no room to turn around. In London, he met Herzen and visited the Crystal Palace. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. The Underground Man was very influential on philosophers. The book includes numerous essays and a few short stories about society, religion, politics and ethics. Dostoevsky distinguished three "enormous world ideas" prevalent in his time: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Russian Orthodoxy. [7][8] Andriy Dostoevsky, the writer's grandfather, was a priest in 1782-1820, signed in Ukrainian – "Andriy". Around this time, he was elected to the board of directors of the Slavic Benevolent Society in Saint Petersburg. With assistance from Anna's brother, the family bought a dacha in Staraya Russa. His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. He describes himself as vicious, squalid and ugly; the chief focuses of his polemic are the "modern human" and his vision of the world, which he attacks severely and cynically, and towards which he develops aggression and vengefulness. The previous May, his parents had sent Dostoevsky and his brother Mikhail to St Petersburg to attend the free Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute, forcing the brothers to abandon their academic studies for military careers. He wanted the Muslim Ottoman Empire eliminated and the Christian Byzantine Empire restored, and he hoped for the liberation of Balkan Slavs and their unification with the Russian Empire.[120]. While returning to St Petersburg to finalise his Diary, he visited Darovoye, where he had spent much of his childhood. On 8 June he delivered his speech, giving an impressive performance that had a significant emotional impact on his audience. That summer, he was elected to the honorary committee of the Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale, whose members included Victor Hugo, Ivan Turgenev, Paul Heyse, Alfred Tennyson, Anthony Trollope, Henry Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Leo Tolstoy. Around July, he reached Ems and consulted a physician, who diagnosed him with acute catarrh. [117][118] In 1865, Dostoevsky met Anna Korvin-Krukovskaya. 30 October] 1821, was the second child of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoevskaya (born Nechayeva). A third haemorrhage followed shortly afterwards. The Grand Inquisitor. He declined an invitation to an international congress on copyright in Paris after his son Alyosha had a severe epileptic seizure and died on 16 May. It is also a story of patricide, into the sordid unfolding of It was as if he were trying to look into my soul and discover what kind of man I was. Some critics, such as Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Ivan Bunin and Vladimir Nabokov, viewed his writing as excessively psychological and philosophical rather than artistic. None were successful, and his financial difficulties led him to write a novel. Pochvennichestvo differed from Slavophilism in aiming to establish, not an isolated Russia, but a more open state modelled on the Russia of Peter the Great.[121]. Coetzee featured Dostoevsky as the protagonist in his 1997 novel The Master of Petersburg. This is a great value edition, well formatted for Kindle.” Classic Novels Includes complete and unabridged: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT THE GAMBLER THE IDIOT THE BROTHERS KA [200], The novel describes the fictional Rodion Raskolnikov's life, from the murder of a pawnbroker and her sister, through spiritual regeneration with the help and love of Sonya (a "hooker with a heart of gold"), to his sentence in Siberia. In addition to his seizures, he had haemorrhoids, lost weight and was "burned by some fever, trembling and feeling too hot or too cold every night". When a nine-year-old girl had been raped by a drunk, he was asked to fetch his father to attend to her. Op zoek naar artikelen van Fyodor Dostoevsky? They sentenced the members of the circle to death by firing squad, and the prisoners were taken to Semyonov Place in St Petersburg on 23 December 1849 where they were split into three-man groups. It's the experience you have as the reader that keeps the pages turning. He thought that just one episode should be dramatised, or an idea should be taken and incorporated into a separate plot. "[109] When he died, his body was placed on a table, following Russian custom. Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow and read fairy tales and legends both by Russian and non-Russian authors. Dostoevsky. [34][26], Dostoevsky completed his first novel, Poor Folk, in May 1845. [122] He found Protestantism self-contradictory and claimed that it would ultimately lose power and spirituality. The novel was a reflection of the growing radical movements among the intelligentsia and the first signs of terrorism. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. [108], Among Dostoevsky's last words was his quotation of Matthew 3:14–15: "But John forbad him, saying, I have a need to be baptised of thee, and comest thou to me? Dostoyevsky wrote superb short fiction and acquired the literary reputation of the most celebrated novels like Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov and much more. Their misery leads to the loss of their inner freedom, to dependence on the social authorities, and to the extinction of their individuality. [4] His books have been translated into more than 170 languages. Mikhail Bakunin once wrote to Alexander Herzen that the group was "the most innocent and harmless company" and its members were "systematic opponents of all revolutionary goals and means". One of the best-known books by the author, as well as a must-read for all Russian kids at school, this one is truly a classic. The story of a poor man that commits a crime in order to survive, but then deals with a greater struggle than poverty – extreme guilt. Dostoevsky was among the first to recognize the symbolic possibilities of city life and imagery drawn from the city. From dusk to dawn it was impossible not to behave like pigs ... Fleas, lice, and black beetles by the bushel ...[51], Classified as "one of the most dangerous convicts", Dostoevsky had his hands and feet shackled until his release. Raised by a literate family, Dostoyevsky discovered literature at an early age, beginning when his mother introduced the Bible to him. The first part is a record of his thoughts about society and his character. Robert Geraci, "Islam" in Deborah A. Martinsen & Olga Maiorova (ed.). They spent five weeks in Baden-Baden, where Dostoevsky had a quarrel with Turgenev and again lost much money at the roulette table. He speaks with the tone of a prophet. [55] Before moving in mid-March to Semipalatinsk, where he was forced to serve in the Siberian Army Corps of the Seventh Line Battalion, Dostoevsky met geographer Pyotr Semyonov and ethnographer Shokan Walikhanuli. Shortly thereafter, he wrote his second novel, The Double, which appeared in the journal Notes of the Fatherland on 30 January 1846, before being published in February. The main plot is the death of their father Fyodor, while other parts are philosophical and religious arguments by Father Zosima to Alyosha. Dostoevsky felt out of place among his aristocratic classmates at the Moscow school, and the experience was later reflected in some of his works, notably The Adolescent. He considers his own decline natural and necessary. Konstantin Staniukovich praised the speech in his essay "The Pushkin Anniversary and Dostoevsky's Speech" in The Business, writing that "the language of Dostoevsky's [Pushkin Speech] really looks like a sermon. This book may have prompted his later interest in Christian socialism. Bakhtin argued that Dostoevsky's use of multiple voices was a major advancement in the development of the novel as a genre.[148]. [12], Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. "[98] The speech was criticised later by liberal political scientist Alexander Gradovsky, who thought that Dostoevsky idolised "the people",[99] and by conservative thinker Konstantin Leontiev, who, in his essay "On Universal Love", compared the speech to French utopian socialism. His tombstone is inscribed with lines from the New Testament:[106][111]. [18], Although Dostoevsky had a delicate physical constitution, his parents described him as hot-headed, stubborn, and cheeky. [155] The Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun wrote that "no one has analyzed the complicated human structure as Dostoyevsky. Passions such as greed and jealousy are alien to him. He tells of meeting old school friends, who are in secure positions and treat him with condescension. He schemes to consolidate their loyalty to him and each other by murdering Ivan Shatov, a fellow conspirator. As defined by Dostoyevsky himself, the novel is a psychological work, and the author stands next to the characters rather than controlling them. Makar's tender, sentimental adoration for Varvara and her confident, warm friendship for him explain their evident preference for a simple life, although it keeps them in humiliating poverty. The Moscow station is decorated with murals by artist Ivan Nikolaev depicting scenes from Dostoevsky's works, such as controversial suicides. Princess Varvara Dmitrevna Obolenskaya was among the first to propose staging Crime and Punishment. Strakhov liked the novel, remarking that "Only Crime and Punishment was read in 1866" and that Dostoevsky had managed to portray a Russian person aptly and realistically. [182] The first English translations were by Marie von Thilo in 1881, but the first highly regarded ones were produced between 1912 and 1920 by Constance Garnett. His most acclaimed works include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). It deals primarily with the relationship between father and son, which became a frequent theme in Dostoevsky's subsequent works. Most contemporary critics and scholars agree that Dostoevsky is attacking Roman Catholicism and socialist atheism, both represented by the Inquisitor. Bésy, IPA: ; sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–72. Demons was one of Dostoyevsky’s later works and one of his most politicised pieces. "The Insulted and the Injured" was published in the new Vremya magazine,[d] which had been created with the help of funds from his brother's cigarette factory. In the 1860s, he discovered Pochvennichestvo, a movement similar to Slavophilism in that it rejected Europe's culture and contemporary philosophical movements, such as nihilism and materialism. If you loved the one Dostoevsky novel you read in high school and never dove into another, then this collection might be a great way to back into his work. Numerous memorials were inaugurated in cities and regions such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Semipalatinsk, Kusnetsk, Darovoye, Staraya Russa, Lyublino, Tallinn, Dresden, Baden-Baden and Wiesbaden. The story focuses on poor people who struggle with their lack of self-esteem. His extensive explanations in opposition to the transposition of his works into other media were groundbreaking in fidelity criticism. He deemed Russian Orthodoxy to be the ideal form of Christianity. "[136], In Semipalatinsk, Dostoevsky revived his faith by looking frequently at the stars. The protagonist and first-person narrator is an unnamed 40-year-old civil servant known as The Underground Man. The commission for the work came after Dostoyevsky lost a significant sum of money belonging not just to himself, but also to his friend whilst gambling. The overall plot is interwoven with a story of murder, love and societal issues. It is reported in conversation that Ivan declared “at a local gathering, of predominantly ladies” that if there is no immortality, then all things are permitted ( Pevear & Volokhonsky translation ). [20] To pay the school fees, his father borrowed money and extended his private medical practice. As his health began to decline, he consulted several doctors in St Petersburg and was advised to take a cure outside Russia. On the following day, Dostoevsky suffered a pulmonary haemorrhage. Her egoism and her vanity are colossal. [189][190] According to historian Boris Ilizarov, Stalin read Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov several times.[191]. Fyodor Dostoyevsky $15.34. The Adolescent chronicles the life of Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate child of the landowner Versilov and a peasant mother. The Brothers Karamazov, the final novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published as Bratya Karamazovy in 1879–80 and generally considered to be his masterpiece. The story of a poor man that commits a crime in order to survive, but then deals with a greater struggle than poverty – extreme guilt. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements. [42][43], In 1849, the first parts of Netochka Nezvanova, a novel Dostoevsky had been planning since 1846, were published in Annals of the Fatherland, but his banishment ended the project. [11] Dostoevsky encountered the patients, who were at the lower end of the Russian social scale, when playing in the hospital gardens. [159] Franz Kafka called Dostoevsky his "blood-relative"[160] and was heavily influenced by his works, particularly The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment, both of which profoundly influenced The Trial. Myshkin is the personification of a "relatively beautiful man", namely Christ. [179], Dostoevsky's books have been translated into more than 170 languages. His relationship with the immoral Nastasya is obviously inspired by Christ's relationship with Mary Magdalene. He visited Ems for the third time and was told that he might live for another 15 years if he moved to a healthier climate. Along the way, the reader encounters some of the lowest and pitiful creatures that inhabit the streets of St Petersburg. It is the final novel of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Many of his longer novels were first published in serialised form in literary magazines and journals. During his stay he began The Adolescent. Describing their relationship, he wrote: "Because of her strange, suspicious and fantastic character, we were definitely not happy together, but we could not stop loving each other; and the more unhappy we were, the more attached to each other we became". [13] When he was four his mother used the Bible to teach him to read and write. Dostoyevsky brings forward ‘the little man’, a person you would pass on the street without giving a second thought, but in fact who represents the life of the majority of people. He frequently used autobiographical or semi-autobiographical details. Jewish characters in Dostoevsky's works have been described as displaying negative stereotypes. Unfortunately, Myshkin's goodness precipitates disaster, leaving the impression that, in a world obsessed with money, power and sexual conquest, a sanatorium may be the only place for a saint. From the age of three, he was read heroic sagas, fairy tales and legends by his nanny, Alena Frolovna, an especially influential figure in his upbringing and love for fictional stories. If they were Christians they would settle everything". Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjɛfskʲɪj] (listen); 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881[2][c]), sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, philosopher, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. [29] After his father's death, Dostoevsky continued his studies, passed his exams and obtained the rank of engineer cadet, entitling him to live away from the academy. "[120], While critical of serfdom, Dostoevsky was skeptical about the creation of a constitution, a concept he viewed as unrelated to Russia's history. Kirillov complies and Pyotr murders Shatov, but his scheme goes awry. [38][39], After The Double received negative reviews, Dostoevsky's health declined and he had more frequent seizures, but he continued writing. [115][116], Through a worker in Epoch, Dostoevsky learned of the Russian-born Martha Brown (née Elizaveta Andreyevna Chlebnikova), who had had affairs with several westerners. Nannies near the hospitals—in the grounds of which he was raised—introduced Dostoyevsky to fairy tales, legends and sagas. Coming "from above" (the Swiss mountains), he physically resembles common depictions of Jesus Christ: slightly larger than average, with thick, blond hair, sunken cheeks and a thin, almost entirely white goatee. One of Dostoevsky's friends, Milyukov, advised him to hire a secretary. At nearly 800 pages, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoevsky's largest work. The collection sold more than twice as many copies as his previous books. A Writer in His Time", Priceton University Press, 2010, p. 925, sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFScanlan2002 (, Lenin read Dostoevsky in a more-nuanced way than others, describing, Dostoyefsky, F.M. These stories were unsuccessful, leaving Dostoevsky once more in financial trouble, so he joined the utopian socialist Betekov circle, a tightly knit community which helped him to survive. Dostoevsky's immediate ancestors on his mother's side were merchants; the male line on his father's side were priests. In 1819 he married Maria Nechayeva. The following year, he took up a post at the Mariinsky Hospital for the poor. It is unclear how many attended his funeral. Notes from Underground is split into two stylistically different parts, the first essay-like, the second in narrative style. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. Fabio Franco says: April 28, 2012 at 5:34 pm [84][85], Dostoevsky revived his friendships with Maykov and Strakhov and made new acquaintances, including church politician Terty Filipov and the brothers Vsevolod and Vladimir Solovyov. I started with the Idiot, totally blown away by the depth of storytelling. The bibliography of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81) comprises novels, novellas, short stories, essays and other literary works. As his friend Konstantin Trutovsky once said, "There was no student in the entire institution with less of a military bearing than F.M. Scorned by Saint Petersburg society for his trusting nature and naivety, he finds himself at the center of a struggle between a beautiful kept woman, Nastasya, and a jealous but pretty young girl, Aglaya, both of whom win his affection. Both planned to translate Hegel's works and Carus' Psyche. [162] Modern cultural movements such as the surrealists, the existentialists and the Beats cite Dostoevsky as an influence,[163] and he is cited as the forerunner of Russian symbolism,[164] existentialism,[165] expressionism[166] and psychoanalysis. [151] Albert Einstein put him above the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, calling him a "great religious writer" who explores "the mystery of spiritual existence". [177], Basing his estimation on stated criteria of enduring art and individual genius, Nabokov judges Dostoevsky "not a great writer, but rather a mediocre one—with flashes of excellent humour but, alas, with wastelands of literary platitudes in between". He met his second love, Polina Suslova, in Paris and lost nearly all his money gambling in Wiesbaden and Baden-Baden. The baby died of pneumonia three months later, and Anna recalled how Dostoevsky "wept and sobbed like a woman in despair". [172] Viewers of the TV show Name of Russia voted him the ninth greatest Russian of all time, behind chemist Dmitry Mendeleev and ahead of ruler Ivan IV. [88][89], In March 1874, Dostoevsky left The Citizen because of the stressful work and interference from the Russian bureaucracy. Dostoevsky did not love her either, but they were probably good friends. Although I’m unsure if even the great writer himself could think up the true events that took place in attempting to bring Notes to the screen. [72][73] She remarked that Dostoevsky was of average height but always tried to carry himself erect. 5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Novel, Not an Easy Book to Read, Required My Full Attention. They stayed in Berlin and visited the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, where he sought inspiration for his writing. On 15 February 1867 Dostoevsky married Snitkina in Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg. [210][208][209], "Dostoevsky" redirects here. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. French, German and Italian translations usually came directly from the original, while English translations were second-hand and of poor quality. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Dostoevsky eventually parted with him and his associates. She wrote that he "became very attracted to me". [76] The couple moved from Geneva to Vevey and then to Milan, before continuing to Florence. [10][7][8], Fyodor Dostoevsky, born on 11 November [O.S. For all that, to place politically Dostoevsky is not that simple, but: as a Christian, he rejected the atheistic socialism; as a traditionalist, he rejected the destruction of the institutions and, as a pacifist, any violent method or upheaval led by both progressives or reactionaries. [44], The members of the Petrashevsky Circle were denounced to Liprandi, an official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. [75] The couple travelled on to Geneva. Dostoevsky's oeuvre consists of 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short stories and numerous other works. [168] Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar also mentions Dostoevsky in his novel Hopscotch. Anna managed the finances. [112] He admitted later that he was uncertain about their relationship. He presents himself as a possible saviour to the poor prostitute Lisa, advising her to reject self-reproach when she looks to him for hope. It is the story of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons Alyosha, Dmitry, and Ivan. With Dostoevsky, it isn't so much the story or the characters that make it great. To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK", "Portrait of the Writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky" by Vasily Perov (1872) | via WikiCommons. The main character, Myshkin, is one of the most gentle and kind characters in literature, stuck in an imperfect world of judgemental and cunning people. And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness", and he finished with "Hear now—permit it. Dostoevsky at made a kind of gamble that he could finish the book in a short deadline while also finishing his masterpiece Crime and Punishment, with the penalty of failing to do so being the loss of his livelihood for nearly 10 years. The plot is based on the story of the murder of a student named Ivan Ivanov, which was allegedly committed by members of a revolutionary circle. Dostoevsky shows how poverty and dependence are indissolubly aligned with deflection and deformation of self-esteem, combining inward and outerward suffering.[192]. Notes from Underground is, of course, far and away the strongest piece here, but The Double and The Friend of the Family contain a pair of characteristically overblown characters that are not to be missed. [142] His early works viewed society (for example, the differences between poor and rich) through the lens of literary realism and naturalism. Maria married Dostoevsky in Semipalatinsk on 7 February 1857, even though she had initially refused his marriage proposal, stating that they were not meant for each other and that his poor financial situation precluded marriage. From 1846 to 1848 he released several short stories in the magazine Annals of the Fatherland, including "Mr. Prokharchin", "The Landlady", "A Weak Heart", and "White Nights". In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. This epistolary novel is written as an exchange of letters between two poor people in St Petersburg – the elderly Makar Devushkin and his beloved Varvara Dobroselova. Her relationship with Dostoevsky is known only through letters written between November 1864 and January 1865. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete Novels (Centaur Classics). In Tobolsk, the members received food and clothes from the Decembrist women, as well as several copies of the New Testament with a ten-ruble banknote inside each copy. He is called "Idiot" because of such differences.[82][205]. This book contains the complete novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the chronological order of their original publication. An unscrupulous merchant finds the inexperienced girl and hires her as his housewife and guarantor. [54] The House of the Dead, based on his experience in prison, was published in 1861 in the journal Vremya ("Time") – it was the first published novel about Russian prisons. Polyphony is a literary concept, analogous with musical polyphony, developed by Mikhail Bakhtin on the basis of his analyses of Dostoevsky's works. Nikolay Nekrasov suggested that he publish A Writer's Diary in Notes of the Fatherland; he would receive 250 rubles for each printer's sheet – 100 more than the text's publication in The Russian Messenger would have earned. It was his explosive power which shattered the Victorian novel with its simpering maidens and ordered commonplaces; books which were without imagination or violence. In 1856 Dostoevsky sent a letter through Wrangel to General Eduard Totleben, apologising for his activity in several utopian circles. Discover Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of the greatest novelists of all time THE FOUR BEST FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY NOVELS (illustrated) “Read four of the greatest novels by one of the most profound writers in history. Dostoevsky, characteristically, makes us understand that if we believe liberty is inseparably connected with human dignity, we’re also giving room … The failure of Epoch, the magazine he had founded with Mikhail after the suppression of Vremya, worsened his financial situation, although the continued help of his relatives and friends averted bankruptcy. [9] Dostoevsky's parents subsequently had six more children: Varvara (1822–1892), Andrei (1825–1897), Lyubov (born and died 1829), Vera (1829–1896), Nikolai (1831–1883) and Aleksandra (1835–1889). He sends her to a manor somewhere on a steppe, while Makar alleviates his misery and pain with alcohol. In 1864 his wife Maria and his brother Mikhail died, and Dostoevsky became the lone parent of his stepson Pasha and the sole supporter of his brother's family. [77][78] Anna gave birth to their second daughter, Lyubov, on 26 September 1869 in Dresden. Complete works of Fjodor Dostojevskij as PDF-files. Dostoevsky served four years of exile with hard labour at a katorga prison camp in Omsk, Siberia, followed by a term of compulsory military service. [134] After his arrest, aborted execution, and subsequent imprisonment, he focused intensely on the figure of Christ and on the New Testament: the only book allowed in prison. His aggression turns inward on to himself and he tries to humiliate himself further. In 1809, the 20-year-old Mykhailo Dostoevsky enrolled in Moscow's Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy. [81] In 1871, Dostoevsky and Anna travelled by train to Berlin. He feels compassion and love, sincerely, without judgment. "[24] Dostoevsky's character and interests made him an outsider among his 120 classmates: he showed bravery and a strong sense of justice, protected newcomers, aligned himself with teachers, criticised corruption among officers and helped poor farmers. [63][64][65], Dostoevsky travelled to western Europe for the first time on 7 June 1862, visiting Cologne, Berlin, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Belgium, and Paris. [131] Among his most cherished childhood memories were reciting prayers in front of guests and reading passages from the Book of Job that impressed him while "still almost a child. Another unfinished project, Drama in Tobolsk (Драма. He finds the novels full of contrived "surprises and complications of plot", which are effective when first read, but on second reading, without the shock and benefit of these surprises, appear loaded with "glorified cliché". His works explore such themes as suicide, poverty, human manipulation, and morality. [3] His 1864 novel Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. 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