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Introduction and Excerpt

A man cannot read Russian literature without making it the rest of the world's problem — rules are rules. Therefore, we're back with Dostoevsky after considering his "Dream of a Ridiculous Man" two years ago:

Born in 1821, Dostoevsky was exposed to the rotten axis of depravity and deprivation through his father’s work as a doctor at the Mariinsky

Born in 1821, Dostoevsky was exposed to the rotten axis of depravity and deprivation through his father’s work as a doctor at the Mariinsky

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