... and not as a stranger is a romantic novel, very popular in its time, at the top of the list of best-selling novels in America in 1954. It was screened in 1955, produced and directed by the famous director Stanley Kramer.
After Children from the ZOO Station, the most honest and convincing first-hand account of addiction. Without moralizing, without justifying, the author describes the milieu of a drug addict. Hopefully he's still out of hell...
Anna Taggert, a graduate of one of the most prestigious American universities, wanted to be a teacher from an early age. To encourage young minds to think and push boundaries.
Both works reflect Dostoevsky's early phase, with a focus on social criticism, psychological analysis and moral dilemmas, foreshadowing the themes of his later masterpieces.