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- Author: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
- ISBN10: 1409901807
- ISBN13: 9781409901808
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky 1821-1881 was a Russian novelist and writer of fiction whose works, including Crime and Punishment 1866 and The Brothers Karamazov 1880 , have had a profound and lasting effect on intellectual thought and world literature. His literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society. Considered by many as a founder or precursor of 20th century existentialism, his Notes from Underground 1864 , written in the embittered voice of the anonymous 'underground man,' was named by Walter Kaufmann as the 'best overture for existentialism ever written. ' His characters fall into a few distinct categories: humble and self-effacing Christians, self-destructive nihilists, and rebellious intellectuals; also, his characters are driven by ideas rather than by ordinary biological or social imperatives. His other works include: Poor Folk 1846 , The Village of Stepanchikovo 1859 , The Insulted and Humiliated 1861 , The House of the Dead 1862 , The Gambler 1867 , The Idiot 1869 , The Possessed 1872 , The Raw Youth 1875 and A Writers Diary 1873 .
