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The House of the Dead
Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Alma Books - Alma Classics
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Publisher | Alma Books - Alma Classics |
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ISBN | 9781847496669 |
Publication date | June 2018 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 210 x 150 mm |
Pages | 384 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Written in the form of a diary, The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is condemned to ten years’ hard labour for killing his wife in a fit of rage. Initially the target of the other inmates’ malice, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him – watching his fellow prisoners being brutally and cruelly punished by the guards, listening to their past stories of blood and murder and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity, as when they sacrifice their own meal to feed a stray dog that wanders around the camp.
The House of the Dead