Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from Underground was first published in January and February of 1864 as the featured presentation in the first two issues of The Epoch, Dostoevsky’s second journal of the 1860s. The novel was written at one of the lowest points of Dostoevsky’s career. His first journal, Time, had recently failed, his new journal was threatened with failure, his wife was dying, his financial position was becoming ever more difficult and embarrassing, his conservatism was eroding his popularity with the liberal majority of the reading public..
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The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November of 1880. Dostoevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner, but he died less than four months after publication.
TMS - Giants of Russian Literature: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov
Russian literature of the 19th century is among the richest, most
profound, and most human traditions in the world. This course explores
this tradition by focusing on four giants: Ivan Turgenev, Fyodor
Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and Anton Chekhov.
TMS - Giants of Russian Literature: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov
