I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.

Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Also known as: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский
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About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky [Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский] (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.

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