Upon Dostoevsky’s release after four grueling years of hard labor, he decided he wouldn’t waste any more of his time. It wasn’t long before the government decided to clamp down on dissent, and in the process, Dostoevsky and his friends were arrested and sentenced to be executed by a firing squad.Īs if by divine intervention, at the last minute, the government pardoned their crimes and instead sent them off to work in a labor camp for four years in Siberia. He soon began gambling and keeping friends with radical ideas. His father was a doctor who treated patients in a charitable hospital, and this led Dostoevsky to witness a lot of suffering and pain that most children his age were shielded from.ĭostoevsky lost his father while he was still in school, and this caused Dostoevsky much pain. Within these characters, Dostoevsky explores the concept of God, free will, religion, and contemporary Western philosophy.ĭostoevsky was born into a middle-class family in Czarist, Russia in 1821.
He is also said to be the father of an illegitimate son, Pavel.įyodor, and his three sons, are the focal point of this book. Consequently, all three of his sons were raised quite differently. Fyodor Pavlovich had little interest in raising his sons, as he is a hedonist - preferring to party, womanize and drink. Urn:oclc:42601993 Republisher_date 20160903122605 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 547 Scandate 20160902055247 Scanner book narrates the story of the dysfunctional family of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons, Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:10:47.470039 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1144204 City Philadelphia External-identifier
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