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Dostoevsky
[ dos-tuh-yef-skee, duhs-; Russian duh-stuh-yef-skyee ]
noun
- Fyo·dor Mi·khai·lo·vich [fyoh, -der mi-, kahy, -l, uh, -vich, fyaw, -d, uh, r, myi-, khahy, -l, uh, -vyich], 1821–81, Russian novelist.
Dostoevsky
/ dəstaˈjɛfskij; ˌdɒstɔɪˈɛfskɪ /
noun
- DostoevskyFyodor Mikhailovich18211881MRussianWRITING: novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich (ˈfjɔdər miˈxajləvitʃ). 1821–81, Russian novelist, the psychological perception of whose works has greatly influenced the subsequent development of the novel. His best-known works are Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868), The Possessed (1871), and The Brothers Karamazov (1879–80)
Example Sentences
“The Idiot” is a nearly five-hour slog by a Polish-Russian contemporary of Shostakovich about another Dostoevsky outsider who succumbs to visions of grandeur.
It’s a treasure trove of literary titans from Franz Kafka to Fyodor Dostoevsky.
“A lot of it was inside jokes for ourselves,” said Studebaker, who paraphrased a wry quote from “The Gambler” by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “You gamble with your friends because you like to see them humiliated.”
He slipped his toothbrush, toothpaste, socks, slippers, snacks and a book – Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” — into a transparent bag.
He mastered Russian quickly and read Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in the original.
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