A new short biography of the author of Crime and Punishment and The
Brothers Karamazov, by pre-eminent Russian scholar Professor
Anthony Briggs. Described by one contemporary as 'the Shakespeare
of the lunatic asylum', Dostoevsky famously divided critics during
his lifetime. His childhood and family life have been the subject
of scrutiny, most famously in inspiring Freud's essay 'Dostoevsky
and Parricide'. In later life his membership of the Petrashevsky
Circle of liberal intellectuals resulted in his prosecution by the
authorities: he was forced to attend a mock execution and then
exiled for four years to a Siberian prison camp. In this compelling
new biography Anthony Briggs explores the effect of Dostoevsky's
turbulent life on his literary genius.
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