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Definition of Dostoevski
1. Noun. Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Derivative terms: Dostoevskian, Dostoyevskian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dostoevski
Literary usage of Dostoevski
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian Short Stories by Harry Christian Schweikert (1919)
"Dostoevski (1821-1881) FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH Dostoevski was born in 1821 at Moscow.
... Dostoevski looked upon this experience as a step necessary to his ..."
2. Essays on Russian Novelists by William Lyon Phelps (1917)
"IV Dostoevski THE life of Dostoevski contrasts harshly with the luxurious ease
... Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevski was born on the 30 October 1821, at Moscow. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"Dostoevski, Fedor Mikhailovich. Crime and punishment. 12°. $1.50 n. Macmillan.
Dostoevski, Fedor Mikhailovich. House of the dead. ..."
4. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"Among the most recent philosophers of religion, the influence of Dostoevski!
and Solov'ev can be plainly traced side by side with that of ..."
5. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by Ernest Albert ( Baker (1913)
"De Vogüé calls Dostoevski "a phenomenon of another world, an abnormal and mighty
monster, quite unique as to originality and intensity " ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"No doubt Dostoevski! was a very gifted poet, in spite of the enormities one finds
in his books. From such enormities a poet pure and simple, ..."
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