num_pages: 509
description: Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp — a horrifying experience from which he developed this astounding semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to ten years of servitude for murdering his wife.As with a number of the author's other works, this profoundly influential novel brilliantly explores his characters' thoughts while probing the depths of the human soul. Describing in relentless detail the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, Dostoyevsky's character never loses faith in human qualities and the goodness of man.A haunting and remarkable work filled with wonder and resignation, The House of the Dead ranks among the Russian novelist's greatest masterpieces. Of this powerful autobiographical novel, Tolstoy wrote, "I know no better book in all modern literature."
language: German
title: Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhause.
titlecomplete: Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhause.
characters: Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 27577
places: Siberia, Russian Federation
publisher: Reclam, Ditzingen