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Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich
 
SYLLABICATION:Dos·to·yev·sky
PRONUNCIATION:  dst-yfsk, -toi-, ds-
DATES:1821–1881
VARIANT FORMS: or Dos·to·ev·ski
Russian writer whose works combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight. His four great novels are Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868–1869), The Possessed (1871), and The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880).
OTHER FORMS:Dosto·yevski·an —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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