Dostoevski
Noun
Meaning
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
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Examples
As Dostoevski said: 'Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is.
When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me.
I have seen the truth, Dostoevski said. It is not as though I had invented it with my mind. I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul forever.... In one day, one hour, everything could be arranged at once! The chief thing is to love.
Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him.
It remains a continuing debate among scholars of comparative religion and the literary reception Dostoevski, Fyodor.