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The Double

By Fyodor Dostoevsky

Format:Softcover

The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1846.Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer,essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary worksexplore human psychology in the troubled political, social, andspiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a varietyof realistic philosophical and religious themes. Manyliterary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in worldliterature. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered tobe one of the first works of existentialist literature.Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoyevsky was introduced to literature at anearly age through fairy tales and legends. In 1837 when he was 15,he left school to enter the Nikolayev MilitaryEngineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer andbriefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extramoney.Arrested in1849 for belonging to a literary group that discussed banned bookscritical of 'Tsarist Russia', he was sentenced to death but thesentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in aSiberian prison camp.

Literary & Contemporary Fiction
172 pagesSoftcover
First published 2017-07-28

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