Notes from the House of the Dead
Author:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (5)
Category:
Prose (369)
Short novel (81)
Memoir (13)
Sketch story (19)
Russian literature (12)
Documentary (2)
Translator:
Armen Hovhannisyan (17)
Age Recommendation: 16+
Notes from the House of the Dead is a documentary-style book by Fyodor Dostoevsky that reflects his experiences and impressions from his imprisonment in the Omsk prison camp between 1850 and 1854. It was written between 1860 and 1862. The book has a documentary character and acquaints readers with the daily life and living conditions of convicted prisoners in mid-19th-century Siberia.
