The House of the Dead
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The House of the Dead is a semi-autobiographical novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that depicts life in a Siberian prison camp and explores themes of suffering, redemption, and the human soul.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| From the House of the Dead | 1 |
| House of the Dead | 1 |
| Notes from the House of the Dead | 1 |
| The House of the Dead canonical | 1 |
| the House of the Dead | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | opera "From the House of the Dead" ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Notes from a Dead House
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The House of the Dead ⓘ
surface form:
Notes from the House of the Dead
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| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fyodor Dostoevsky's experiences in a Siberian penal colony ⓘ |
| contains | vignettes of prison life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| explores |
moral transformation
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psychology of convicts ⓘ religious faith ⓘ social hierarchy among prisoners ⓘ |
| fictionalizedVersionOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium |
Russkiy Vestnik
ⓘ
surface form:
Vremya magazine
|
| genre |
prison literature
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psychological fiction ⓘ semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| influenced |
Crime and Punishment
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Notes from Underground ⓘ The Brothers Karamazov ⓘ |
| literaryForm | memoir-like narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Realism
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surface form:
Russian realism
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| literarySignificance | early major work of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Siberian prison camp ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov ⓘ |
| operaAdaptationComposer | Leoš Janáček ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| portrays |
brutality of the penal system
ⓘ
human dignity amid suffering ⓘ |
| protagonist | Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1860–1862 ⓘ |
| publisher | Vremya ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Siberia ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conditions in a tsarist penal colony
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life in a Siberian prison camp ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian compassion
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dehumanization ⓘ freedom and confinement ⓘ moral regeneration ⓘ punishment ⓘ redemption ⓘ suffering ⓘ the human soul ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th century ⓘ |
| titleInRussian | Записки из Мёртвого дома ⓘ |
| workOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the House of the Dead
this entity surface form:
Notes from the House of the Dead
this entity surface form:
House of the Dead
this entity surface form:
From the House of the Dead