/lit/ - Literature

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Yes, his biography is truly fascinating.
I remember reading a mini-bio that touched on the fact that he used his adventurous life experience for his writing. Because of this, his written works often became a biography and confession in themselves.

They even alluded to the possibility that Dosteyvesky may have raped a young girl (given the explicit detail he gives of rape in one of his novels (I forgot which)).

My awesome jewish World Lit prof said something about his mock execution in class, that seemed to explain the effect it had on Dostoy: "Well, believing that you are going to undergo an execution, then getting pulled out of it at the last second, must do quite a number on your head".

True that.

War and Peace spoiler: In war and peace, Pierre undergoes a mock execution that corresponds very similarly to Dostoevsky

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