Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a noted Russian novelist. Has been considered one of the leading writers in the history of literature. Born in Moscow in 1821. After an unhappy childhood was sent to the military academy in St. Petersburg, where he graduated as an engineer, but soon devoted to letters. In 1849 he joined a youth group that analyzed and debated the theories of French socialist writers. He was arrested, subjected to a mock execution and sent to Siberia where he served a term of four years of hard labor. From there he was sent to a military garrison in Mongolia, where he spent several more years. He married Marija Isaeva and in 1859 returned to St. Petersburg. Soon after, he founded with his brother Mikhail magazine Vremya (Time), which published some of his works. Marija and Mikhail died in 1864. his gambling addiction, coupled with the debts of his brother, he was left in ruin.
In 1867 he married Anna Snitkina with leading a happy life. From this stage are the main stories. He died in 1881.
The writer combines the realistic novel of social criticism and psychological inquiry with. He was an author who underwent an unprecedented commitment to his work.
Dostoevsky was oblivious to his narrative, but spoke in her own voice, as one of his characters.
Among the major novels of the Russian author can mention Insulted and Injured (1861), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot Prince (1868), The Possessed (1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). You should also be notable short novels and stories.