Written shortly after his 4 year internment ended, Dostoevsky's "The House of the Dead" is written in the form of a fictional memoir of a man serving a ten year sentence for killing his wife, and no doubt depicts much of what he saw during his own sentence. The story contains harsh descriptions ... Read review
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Advantages: Full of Dostoevsky's trademark analysis of character. Disadvantages: Not a leisurely read. But worth it.
...ended, Dostoevsky's "The House of the Dead" is written in the form of a fictional memoir of a man serving a ten year sentence for killing his wife, and no doubt depicts much of what he saw during his own sentence. The story contains harsh descriptions of sadistic beating of inmates, digusting conditions, and a complete and shocking lack of privacy among the inhabitants of the Gulag, and thus is not for the faint hearted. However, fans of Dostoevsky's ...
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