The House of the Dead

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Overview

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp -- a horrifying experience from which he developed this astounding semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to ten years of servitude for murdering his wife. As with a number of the author's other works, this profoundly influential novel brilliantly explores his characters' thoughts while probing the depths of the human soul. Describing in relentless detail the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, Dostoyevsky's character never loses faith in human qualities and the goodness of man. A haunting and remarkable work filled with wonder and resignation, The House of The Dead ranks among the Russian novelist's greatest masterpieces. Of this powerful autobiographical novel, Tolstoy wrote, "I know no better book in all modern literature."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681952192
Publisher:	Xist Publishing
Publication date:	09/28/2015
Series:	Xist Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	390 KB

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Part 1
	Introduction	1
I.	The House of the Dead	5
II.	First Impressions	16
III.	First Impressions	30
IV.	First Impressions	42
V.	The First Month	55
VI.	The First Month	67
VII.	New Acquaintances--Petrov	78
VIII.	Determined Characters--Lutchka	88
IX.	Isay Fomitch--The Bath-House--Baklushin's Story	93
X.	Christmas	106
XI.	The Theatricals	120
Part 2
I.	The Hospital	137
II.	The Hospital	148
III.	The Hospital	160
IV.	Akulka's Husband (A Story)	174
V.	Summer Time	183
VI.	Prison Animals	196
VII.	The Complaint	207
VIII.	Comrades	221
IX.	An Escape	232
X.	How I Left Prison	244