The House of the Dead
RM 3.20
ISBN:
9783956762536
Categories:
Children
File Size
0.44 MB
Format
epub
Language
English
Release Year
2014
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Author
Fyodor DostoyevskySynopsis
"The House of the Dead" is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1861 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The book is a loosely-knit collection of facts and events organised by "theme" rather than as a continuous story. Dostoyevsky himself spent four years in exile in such a camp following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts.