Dostoevsky-manat

1. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
 He wasborn inMoscow in 1821
 He wasa Russiannovelist,shortstorywriter,essayistand
journalist.
 Dostoevsky's literary works explore humanpsycology in the
troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th
CenturyRussia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and
religious themes.
 His mostacclaimednovelsinclude CrimeandPunishment(1866),
The Idiot(1869), Demons (1872) and The BrothersKaramazov
(1880).
 He wasalso consideredaphilosopherbecause of hisnovel Notes
fromUndergroundwhichwasconsideredtobe one of the first
worksof existentialistliterature.
 When he was 15 he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military
Engineering Institute.
 He wrote his first novel Poor folk in the 1840s and was a huge
success.
 Arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group that
discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia, he was
sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the
last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp,
followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile.
 He eventually became one of the most widely read and highly
regarded Russian writer within and beyond Russia.
 His books have been translated into more than 170
languages, and served as the basis for many films.
 He died on 9 February 1881 (aged 59) in Saint Petersburg.
Russian Empire.
BOOKSBY DOSTOEVSKY
My favourite book written by him: Crime and Punishment
Summary: Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov,
an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for
her money. Before the killing, Raskolnikov believes that with the money he could liberate himself from poverty
and go on to perform great deeds. However, once it is done he finds himself racked with confusion, paranoia,
and disgust for his actions. His justifications disintegratecompletely as he struggles with guilt and horror and
confronts the real-world consequences of his deed.
 It’sa veryengagingstorythat combinescrime andpsycology
 It’sfrom the perspective of the criminal insteadof the police
or a detective
 Overall it’sjustagreat book!
Manat PreetKaur,Γ3