1. ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky~ Karl Dehmelt AP English 12 2/20/14

2. Early Life Parents: Lithuanian Noble Family Non-optimal conditions Born November 11 th, 1821 2 nd of 8 children Strict upbringing, nightly readings Read heroic sagas by his nanny Profoundly religious 5 feet, 3 inches tall

3. Adolescence Mother died of tuberculosis in 1837 Starts attending an engineering institute Reclusive and interested in religion Father died in 1839 Epilepsy first reported Extremely moody “Dark Glasses”

4. Early Career Poor Folk - 1844 First “social” Russian novel The Double – negative reviews Joins a social reform group Russian Government fears revolution “Conspirators” are caught December 1849 – firing squad incident

5. Siberian Exile Exiled to Siberia for five years Hard labor Read nothing but the New Testament Generally respected, but xenophobic Notes from the House of the Dead Released in 1854 Married Maria Dmitrievna in 1857 No works published until 1860

6. Crime and Punishment Visited Western Europe in 1863 First marriage tapers off January and February 1866 The Russian Messenger: 500 new subscribers Marries his secretary Gambling Problem Last part appeared in December 1866

7. Last Decade (1871 – 1881) Takes a five year honeymoon 1871 – more financial trouble! Health beginning to decline Notes of the Fatherland Relationship between father and son Begins experiencing shortness of breath

8. Last Years Slavic Benevolent Society Delivers an amazing speech in Moscow June 8 th, 1880 January 25 th, 1881, pulmonary hemorrhage Has two more hemorrhages Died on January 26 th, 1881

9. Relation to the Novel Deeply religious man Dostoyevsky’s ideas regarding society Years in Siberia Formative years Numerous liaisons Extremely philosophical

10. “Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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