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Fyodor Dostoevsky


Born
in Moscow, Russian Empire
November 11, 1821

Died
February 09, 1881

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Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский (Russian)

Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.

Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .

Many literary critics rate him of the greatest of world literatur
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Average rating: 4.19 · 2,730,086 ratings · 189,125 reviews · 3,254 distinct worksSimilar authors
Crime and Punishment

4.28 avg rating — 1,011,766 ratings — published 1866 — 6224 editions
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The Brothers Karamazov

4.38 avg rating — 365,429 ratings — published 1880 — 3203 editions
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White Nights

4.07 avg rating — 286,297 ratings — published 1848 — 170 editions
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The Idiot

4.21 avg rating — 205,222 ratings — published 1869 — 2367 editions
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Notes from Underground

4.17 avg rating — 204,363 ratings — published 1864 — 25 editions
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The Gambler

3.91 avg rating — 110,178 ratings — published 1866 — 2078 editions
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Notes from Underground, Whi...

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4.19 avg rating — 77,889 ratings — published 1864 — 18 editions
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Demons

4.30 avg rating — 58,998 ratings — published 1872 — 1202 editions
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

4.03 avg rating — 36,377 ratings — published 1877 — 391 editions
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The Double

3.67 avg rating — 39,552 ratings — published 1846 — 1158 editions
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Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky  (?)
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

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