The House of the Dead
Regular price
0.500 KD
inc. VAT
Couldn't load pickup availability
Table of contents
- Title Page2
- Copyright Page4
- Note5
- Table of Contents6
- PART ONE - Introduction7
- I. The House of the Dead9
- II. First Impressions14
- III. First Impressions20
- IV. First Impressions24
- V. The First Month29
- VI. The First Month34
- VII. New Acquaintances—Petrov39
- VIII. Determined Characters—Lutchka43
- IX. Isay Fomitch—The Bath-House—Baklushin’s Story46
- X. Christmas52
- XI. The Theatricals57
- PART TWO63
- I. The Hospital64
- II. The Hospital68
- III. The Hospital73
- IV. Akulka’s Husband (A Story)78
- V. Summer Time83
- VI. Prison Animals89
- VII. The Complaint93
- VIII. Comrades99
- IX. An Escape104
- X. How I Left Prison109
- DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS110
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."