QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

Describe the early life of Dostoévsky.
How were his first writings received?
What relation had he to the social agitations of the times?
Upon what charge was he exiled to Siberia?
How were his views affected by his prison life?
Give some account of his literary activities.
How did his views resemble those of Tolstóy?
How did they differ?
What are the characteristics of Dostoévsky's style?
What are the chief types portrayed in his novels?
What two periods of his life are represented by his "Notes From a Dead House" and his later works?
Why has "What Is to Be Done?" achieved such popularity?

Buried Alive; or, Ten Years' Penal Servitude in Siberia. ("Notes From a Dead House.") There are also other translations bearing various titles.
Poor Folk. Crime and Punishment. Humbled and Insulted. (The last two abbreviated are translated by F. Wishaw.) F. M. Dostoévsky.
What is to be Done? A Vital Question. (Two translations of the same work.) N. G. Tchernyshévsky.