Victorian
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1821–1881
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) was born in Moscow, the son of a doctor. His first novel, Poor Folk (1846), brought early acclaim; in 1849 he was arrested for membership of a radical discussion circle, sentenced to death, reprieved at the place of execution and sent to four years’ hard labour in Siberia, followed by army service. The great novels came after his return: Notes from the Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). He died in St Petersburg.
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