The Grand Inquisitor (Esprios Classics)

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist short story writer essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political social and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866) The Idiot (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky's body of works consists of 12 novels four novellas 16 short stories and numerous other works. 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. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.