The House of the Dead
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Sell my copyAuthor: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Title: The House of the Dead
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 352
Release Date: 2019-05-28
Details: The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for killing his wife. Largely ignored at first by his fellow inmates due to his noble blood, 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, assimilating the institution's social codes and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity.
Based on Dostoevsky's own autobiographical experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, this genre-defying novel is not only an unflinching expos'e of the conditions faced by prisoners during the Tsarist period, but also a call to see the human side in criminals and rediscover the values of forgiveness and compassion.
EAN: 9781847496669
Package Dimensions: Height: 7.9 Inches, Length: 5.4499891 Inches, Weight: 0.72973008722 Pounds, Width: 1.01 Inches
