Fyodor Dostoevsky The House of the Dead: New Translation : Newly Translated and

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 institutions social codes and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity. Based on Dostoevskys own autobiographical experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, this genredefying novel is not only an unflinching expos 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. | Fyodor Dostoevsky The House of the Dead: New Translation : Newly Translated and