Notes from a Dead House
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Notes from a Dead House is a semi-autobiographical novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that portrays life in a Siberian prison camp through the experiences of a nobleman sentenced to hard labor.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Notes from a Dead House canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | From the House of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Notes from the House of the Dead
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The House of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fyodor Dostoevsky's prison experience ⓘ |
| centralEvent | nobleman's sentence to hard labor ⓘ |
| composer | Leoš Janáček NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
nobleman convict
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peasant convicts ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
brutality of guards
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convict life ⓘ hard labor ⓘ social hierarchy among prisoners ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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prison literature ⓘ semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | opera ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dostoevsky's imprisonment in Omsk ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Slavic languages ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of prison memoir literature
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influential in Russian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| portrays |
moral transformation
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psychological impact of imprisonment ⓘ religious awakening ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | nobleman ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | serial publication ⓘ |
| publisher | Vremya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Siberia
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Siberian prison camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | episodic ⓘ |
| theme |
Russian penal system
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crime and punishment NERFINISHED ⓘ human dignity ⓘ life in a Siberian prison camp ⓘ redemption ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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