To be so far in debt that you have to deny your family primary necessities is unimaginable to me. Especially when some of those debts were passed down from Fiodor‘s father and brother. I know debt, lived with it, but I have never had to give up basic needs over it. This was so hard to read I had to pause a few times.
Dostoevsky writing about his solitariness causing him depression was also something I could relate to. Many days of sitting at work with very few interactions with other humans can drop me into a sadness that is hard to put away.
pickI enjoyed reading through these letters to and from Fiodor Dostoevsky. It was interesting to get a look inside the mind of the author of Crime and Punishment (on my TBR). I especially liked the letters to him from his wife. She took great care of him and his state of affairs. So much so that she hardly chose to please herself by continuously making choices that benefited Fiodor.
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Dostoevsky: Letters and Reminiscences | 
