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- It is generally considered to be a fictionalised memoir; a loosely-knit collection of descriptions, events and philosophical discussion, organised around theme and character rather than plot, based on Dostoevsky's own experiences as a prisoner in such a setting.
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Background. After his mock execution on 22 December 1849, Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years imprisonment in a katorga labor camp at Omsk in western Siberia. Though he often was met with hostility from the other prisoners due to his noble status of dvoryanin, his views on life changed.
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Introduction. The narrator describes the attractions of living in a small Siberian town. In such a town, the narrator once met a man named Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov, a former...
The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a quasi-autobiographical novel published serially in Vremya, a literary journal, from 1860 to 1862. It reflects the author's first-hand experiences...
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp — a horrifying experience from which he developed this astounding semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to ten years of servitude for murdering his wife.
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Quick Facts. In full: Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky also spelled: Dostoevsky. Born: November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia. Died: February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg (aged 59) Notable Works: “A Raw Youth” “Crime and Punishment” “Not by Bread Alone”
The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvogo doma) is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1860–2 in the journal Vremya by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
