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The Dostoevsky archive
firsthand accounts of the novelist from contemporaries' memoirs and rare periodicals, most translated into English for the first time, with a detailed lifetime chronology and annotated bibliography
By Sekirin, Peter
- ISBN
- 978-0-78640-264-9
- Publisher
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1997
Born to a large family, the son of a doctor, Dostoevsky (1821-81) began his writing career with a highly successful novel, Poor People (1846). Around this time, he joined a Socialist literary organization and was eventually arrested and charged with treason. His original death sentence was commuted at the last moment by the czar, and Do...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
