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The house of the dead : or, Prison life in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
"The House of the Dead: or, Prison life in Siberia" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a semi-autobiographical novel published between 1860 and 1862. Based on Dostoyevsky's own four years in a Siberian labor camp, the work follows nobleman Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov as he endures brutal conditions and hostility from fellow prisoners. Through vivid portrayals of convicts and their crimes, the narrator undergoes a spiritual transformation, discovering unexpected humanity among hardened criminals while exposing the tragic absurdity of prison life in Russia. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Bramont, Julius |
| Uniform Title | Zapiski iz mertvogo doma. English |
| Title | The house of the dead : or, Prison life in Siberia |
| Series Title | Everyman's library |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Dead_(novel) |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Exiles -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37536 |
| Release Date | Sep 25, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2800 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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