That statement is false
They tried to impress each other by bragging about all kind of belonging to show which of them is more rich and successful.
They did stare at each other but it's only to show that they're not willing to lower themselves in front of the other.
Fyodor Dostoevsky was the writer most popularly known for this type of writing.
It is wonderful. Since you can pull out the word wonder.
Is after the underlined word? If so, it'd be a preposition. It's followed by a noun.
