Memoirs from the house of the dead
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Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
891.73 DOSTO
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891.73 DOSTO
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Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxiii, 366 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published as a World Classics paperback, 1983.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx).
Description
"In this almost documentary account of his own experience of penal servitude in Serbia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The intricate procedure whereby the men strip for the bath without removing their ten-pound leg-fetters is an extraordinary tour de force, compared by Turgenev to passages from Dante's Inferno." "Terror and resignation - the rampages of a psychopath, the brief serene interlude of Christmas Day - are evoked by Dostoevsky, writing several years after his release, with a strikingly uncharacteristic detachment. For this reason, House of the Dead is certainly the least Dostoevskian of his works, yet, paradoxically, it ranks among his greatest masterpieces."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dostoyevsky, F., Coulson, J., & Hingley, R. (2008). Memoirs from the house of the dead . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Jessie Coulson and Ronald. Hingley. 2008. Memoirs From the House of the Dead. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, Jessie Coulson and Ronald. Hingley. Memoirs From the House of the Dead Oxford University Press, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Jessie Coulson, and Ronald Hingley. Memoirs From the House of the Dead Oxford University Press, 2008.
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