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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." Book jacket.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most of his important works were written after 1864, including Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, all available from Penguin Classics.

David McDuff was educated at the University of Edinburgh and has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.


Introduction	p. 1
The House of the Dead	p. 5
First Impressions	p. 16
First Impressions	p. 30
First Impressions	p. 42
The First Month	p. 55
The First Month	p. 67
New Acquaintances--Petrov	p. 78
Determined Characters--Lutchka	p. 88
Isay Fomitch--The Bath-House--Baklushin's Story	p. 93
Christmas	p. 106
The Theatricals	p. 120

The Hospital	p. 137
The Hospital	p. 148
The Hospital	p. 160
Akulka's Husband (A Story)	p. 174
Summer Time	p. 183
Prison Animals	p. 196
The Complaint	p. 207
Comrades	p. 221
An Escape	p. 232
How I Left Prison	p. 244
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The House of the Dead

The House of the Dead

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