Another one of Dostoevsky´s amusing short stories, A nasty Anecdote, takes
the reader to a particular night in the life of state councilor Ivan
Ilyich Pralinsky. This is a man of good reputation, whose self image is
that of a highly confident, educated and refined man, capable of showing
noble feelings whenever necessary and, most important of all, more than
adequate to keep up to the new “thoughts”.
