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In june 1862, dostoevsky left petersburg on his first excursion to western europe. He seemed to have no suspicion of any impertinence or inappropriateness in. Find more of dostoevskys workincluding his sketches of prison life in siberia and many of his short storiesat the university of adelaides ebooks library. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. I didnt mean to read the whole thing, but i got sucked in by the second page. Joseph franks awardwinning, fivevolume dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in any languageand one of the greatest literary biographies of the past halfcentury. Joe frank politician born 1942, american lawyer and former mayor of newport news. Both books retell the life of dostoevsky and the writing of the. This interview with joseph frank best known as the author of a fivevolume biography of dostoevsky published 1976 2002 and of spatial form in modern literature 1945 was conducted in 2012 at stanford and is published here, shortly after his death at age ninetyfour, as a memorial to him. Joseph franks awardwinning, fivevolume dostoevsky is widely recognized as the best biography of the writer in.
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