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Published Aug. 1, 2008
Memoirs from the House of the Dead
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The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma), is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1860–2 in the journal Vremya by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It has also been published in English under the titles Notes from the House of the Dead, Memoirs from the House of The Dead, and Notes from a Dead House, which are more literal translations of the Russian title. The novel portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. It is generally considered to be a disguised memoir; a loosely-knit collection of characters, events and philosophical discussion based on Dostoevsky's experiences as a prisoner, organised by "theme" rather than as a continuous story. Dostoevsky spent four years in a forced-labour prison camp in Siberia following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and …
The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma), is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1860–2 in the journal Vremya by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It has also been published in English under the titles Notes from the House of the Dead, Memoirs from the House of The Dead, and Notes from a Dead House, which are more literal translations of the Russian title. The novel portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. It is generally considered to be a disguised memoir; a loosely-knit collection of characters, events and philosophical discussion based on Dostoevsky's experiences as a prisoner, organised by "theme" rather than as a continuous story. Dostoevsky spent four years in a forced-labour prison camp in Siberia following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts.