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The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for killing his wife. Largely ignored at first by his fellow inmates due to his noble blood, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him – watching his fellow prisoners being brutally and cruelly punished by the guards, listening to their past stories of blood and murder, assimilating the institution's social codes and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity. Based on Dostoevsky's own autobiographical experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, this genre-defying novel is not only an unflinching exposé of the conditions faced by prisoners during the Tsarist period, but also a call to see the human side in criminals and rediscover the values of forgiveness and compassion.
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The House of the Dead, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski
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- Released
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 1847496660
- ISBN13
- 9781847496669
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Psychological Topics, Love, Classics, Murders, Death, 19th century, Russia, Russian Literature, Poverty, Prison, Crimes, Guilt, Autobiographical Novels, Exile, Banishment, Siberia, Forced Labor
- First published
- 1861
- Original title
- Записки из Мёртвого дома (Zapiski iz Mjortvogo doma)
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for killing his wife. Largely ignored at first by his fellow inmates due to his noble blood, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him – watching his fellow prisoners being brutally and cruelly punished by the guards, listening to their past stories of blood and murder, assimilating the institution's social codes and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity. Based on Dostoevsky's own autobiographical experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, this genre-defying novel is not only an unflinching exposé of the conditions faced by prisoners during the Tsarist period, but also a call to see the human side in criminals and rediscover the values of forgiveness and compassion.