{"product_id":"9781843919254","title":"Brief Lives: Fyodor Dostoevsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new short biography of the author of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, by a preeminent Russian scholar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling new biography Anthony Briggs explores the effect of Dostoevsky's turbulent life on his literary genius. Described by one contemporary as \"the Shakespeare of the lunatic asylum,\" Dostoevsky famously divided critics during his lifetime. His childhood and family life have been the subject of scrutiny, most famously in inspiring Freud’s essay \"Dostoevsky and Parricide.\" In later life his membership of the Petrashevsky Circle of liberal intellectuals resulted in his prosecution by the authorities: he was forced to attend a mock execution and then exiled for four years to a Siberian prison camp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hesperus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042886926576,"sku":"9781843919254","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843919254_p0.jpg?v=1763742925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843919254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}