Michael's review
The House of the Dead (Dover Thrift Editions.)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Michael's review
The House of the Dead (Dover Thrift Editions.) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Michael's review
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recommended for: All
House of the Dead is a fictionalized acount of the years Dostoevsky spent in a Siberian prison. This book is depressing, but the descriptions of the Siberian landscape are vivid, as is his acount of prison life. It's less dense and meandering than some of his other books, so it's a faster read. I think more of the person of Dostoevsky comes out in this. Really really good book.
