Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian novelist and philosopher, 1821–1881

Links

• Wikipedia
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Existentialism

Works

• Crime and Punishment (1866) — A man commits murder and wrestles with guilt, suffering, and redemption.
• The Idiot (1869) — A Christ-like figure navigates a corrupt society.
• Demons (1872) — A portrait of nihilism and radicalism tearing apart a provincial town.
• The Brothers Karamazov (1880) — Faith, doubt, free will, and moral responsibility across three brothers.
• Notes from Underground (1864) — A bitter, isolated man rails against reason and determinism — an early existentialist text.