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The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma) is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1860–2 in the journal Vremya by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs from the House of The Dead, Notes from the Dead House (or Notes from a Dead House), and Notes from the House of the Dead. The book is, essentially, a disguised memoir; a loosely-knit collection of facts, events and philosophical discussion organised by "theme" rather than as a continuous story. Dostoevsky himself spent four years in exile in such a prison following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts.
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Memoirs From The House Of The Dead
2008, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
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Récits de la maison des morts
January 4, 1999, Flammarion
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Souvenirs de la maison des morts
March 15, 1977, Gallimard
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Translation of: Zapiski iz mertvogo doma.
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"Our prison stood at the edge of the fortress, right next to the ramparts."
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