Memories from the dead house

Dostoevsky was arrested in 1849 for his frequent visits to literary circles opposed to the regime of Tsar Nicholas I and when he narrowly escaped the death penalty, he was exiled to a Siberian prison where he spent four years of hard labor. About this personal experience, this novel was born, which narrates - in the form of memoirs - about life in the prison, the prevailing system, the cruelty of the executioners, hunger, and hard work... It depicts the horror and injustice with precise imagery, and many different facts are narrated in detail and in very moving human images.