A few words about Dostoevsky
himself may help the English reader to understand his work. Dostoevsky was the
son of a doctor. His parents were very hard- working and deeply religious
people, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms.
The father and mother spent their evenings in reading aloud to their children,
generally from books of a serious character. Though always sickly and delicate
Dostoevsky came out third in the final examination of the Petersburg school of
Engineering. There he had already begun his first work, ‘Poor Folk.’ This story
was published by the poet Nekrassov in his review and was received with
acclamations. The shy, unknown youth found himself instantly something of a
celebrity. A brilliant and successful career seemed to open before him, but
those hopes were soon dashed. In 1849 he was arrested.
Book
Title: Crime and Punishment
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Written
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated
By: Constance Garnett
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