Memoirs from the House of the Dead by Ronald Hingley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jessie Coulson

Memoirs from the House of the Dead

Ronald Hingley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jessie Coulson

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced

366 pages | first published 1861

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In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The inticate procedure whereby ...
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Moods

reflective 86%
dark 68%
challenging 45%
emotional 31%
informative 31%
sad 27%
tense 22%
funny 4%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 28%
fast 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 22% | Plot: 11%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 38% | No: 16% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 53% | Yes: 26% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 50% | No: 33% | N/A: 11% | It's complicated: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 31% | No: 25% | N/A: 6%

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