Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life and literature are still potent today, nearly two hundred years after his birth. He is credited with writing some of the greatest novels of all time; a compatriot of Tolstoy and a contemporary of Dickens, his struggle for recognition was long and difficult. He suffered from severe epilepsy and an addiction to gambling, and in 1849 was only moments away from execution before he received a reprieve and was instead imprisoned in Siberia. In his writing he offended and delighted in equal measure, recounting his own experience of prison with dark humour and wit in The House of the Dead and never losing his fascination with real-life crime. His novels ranged from the gritty social realism of Crime and Punishment to the fantasy of The Double, as well as the world-renowned Brothers Karamazov. From revolutionary to reactionary, enemy of the state to tutor of the Tsar's children, Dostoyevsky's story is one of turbulent change and contradiction. This biography explores his life and work, recounting his personal struggles with deadlines, debt, marriage and memories, and revisiting and revitalising his outstanding contribution to literature and how his writing is reflected and translated in the media today.
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- Cover
- Foreword
- 1: The Poorhouse
- 2: The Cycle of Violence
- 3: The Glimmer of Hope
- 4: DoppelgƤngers andĀ Dreamers
- 5: Arrest
- 6: The Shadow of the Executioner
- 7: Reprieve
- 8: The Wives of Tobolsk
- 9: The āUnfortunatesā
- 10: Freedom in Exile
- 11: Love and Marriage
- 12: The Tower of Babel
- 13: Underground Man
- 14: Loss
- 15: The Raising of Raskolnikov
- 16: The Gambler
- 17: A Superfluous Man
- 18: Faith and Fascism
- 19: Possessed
- 20: Debts and Credit
- 21: The Dream
- 22: Expansion
- 23: The Dark Opinions
- 24: The Brothers
- 25: A Writer for Our Time
- Picture Section
- End Notes
- Bibliography
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