person
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky
also: Достоевский, Достоевского
Russian novelist (1821-1881) invoked by Dyukovsky as an authority on the psychology of religious fanatics, in support of his wild theory that Klyauzov's Old Believer sister committed the murder.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, February 1883. Moscow. §6 Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose works the "Russian Theatre" wanted the painter Nikolai Chekhov to illustrate -- a commission that would have brought him both a name and income.
- An Enigmatic Nature §4 Dostoevsky
Russian novelist (1821-1881), famous for suffering heroines and tortured psychology; the lady invokes him to dress her self-pity in literary prestige, the story's central target of parody.