House of the Dead, The
by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140444564
- ISBN 13
- 9780140444568
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
Harmondsworth: Viking Penguin Classics, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Wraps. Former Owner Stamp & Signature. The famous Russian author's classic and fascinating non-fictional account of his time spent in Siberia as a political exile in pre-revolutionary Russia, reflecting upon conditions there, his fellow inmates, the nature of the Czarist system and how it treats political prisoners, the social and revolutionary issues of the Russia of his time, much more. Wraps, 362pp. A nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Dostoyevsky was sentenced to 4 years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp. Years later, he developed this semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to penal servitude for murdering his wife. This haunting and remarkable work ranks amoung Dostoyevsky's greatest masterpieces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008252
- Title
- House of the Dead, The
- Author
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140444564
- ISBN 13
- 9780140444568
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, RUSSIA, RUSSIAN EMPIRE, RUSSIANS, CZARS, REVOLUTION, REVOLUTIONARIES, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, SIBERIA, GULAG, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, EXILES, EXILE
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Literature; European History;
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