Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. His output consists of 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short novels and numerous other works. His major works include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). He began writing in his 20s, and his first novel, Poor Folk, was published in 1846 when he was 25. Many of his works are marked by a preoccupation with Christianity, explored through the prism of the individual confronted with life's hardships and beauty. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (/ˌdɒstəˈjɛfski, ˌdʌs-/ Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский IPA: 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher.
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