Memoirs from the house of the dead
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Memoirs from the house of the dead
（Oxford world's classics）
Oxford University Press, 2001
- : pbk
- Other Title
-
Zapiski iz mertvogo doma
Available at / 4 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. [xix]-xx
"First published as a World's classics paperback 1983" --T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The inticate 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 pyschopath, the
brief serence 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 great masterpieces.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
by "Nielsen BookData"