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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 among the greatest authors of worl
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Average rating: 4.19 · 2,938,956 ratings · 213,761 reviews · 3,208 distinct worksSimilar authors
Crime and Punishment

4.29 avg rating — 1,065,746 ratings — published 1866 — 6449 editions
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The Brothers Karamazov

4.39 avg rating — 382,023 ratings — published 1880 — 1589 editions
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White Nights

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4.08 avg rating — 326,308 ratings — published 1848 — 1008 editions
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Notes from Underground

4.17 avg rating — 223,814 ratings — published 1864 — 42 editions
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The Idiot

4.21 avg rating — 214,998 ratings — published 1869 — 1218 editions
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The Gambler

3.91 avg rating — 118,581 ratings — published 1866 — 221 editions
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Notes from Underground, Whi...

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4.19 avg rating — 78,401 ratings — published 1864 — 18 editions
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Demons

4.30 avg rating — 62,043 ratings — published 1872 — 1303 editions
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

4.03 avg rating — 40,352 ratings — published 1877 — 418 editions
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The Double

3.67 avg rating — 42,639 ratings — published 1846 — 642 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

Polls

January 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1880, Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 352 pages
 
  27 votes, 19.1%

 
  25 votes, 17.7%

1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, 160 pages
 
  21 votes, 14.9%

1857, The Professor by Charlotte Brontë, 269 pages
 
  13 votes, 9.2%

 
  11 votes, 7.8%

1796, The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 386 pages
 
  8 votes, 5.7%

1857, Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, 985 pages
 
  8 votes, 5.7%

1862, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244 pages
 
  7 votes, 5.0%

 
  7 votes, 5.0%

1853, Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, 432 pages
 
  6 votes, 4.3%

 
  5 votes, 3.5%

1895, Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane, 272 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1846, Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac, 468 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

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