House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia

Autobiographical novel, first published in 1861.According to Wikipedia: "e;The House of the Dead is a novel published in 1861 in the journal Vremya by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp.

The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs from the House of The Dead and Notes from the Dead House.

The book is a loosely-knit collection of facts and events connected to life in a Siberian prison, organised by "e;theme"e; rather than as a continuous story.

Dostoyevsky himself spent four years in exile in such a camp following his conviction for involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle.

This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts."e;