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Fyodor Dostoevsky

B11

Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He was the son of a doctor who worked in a hospital for the poor.

The young Dostoevsky went to military school and held ……………………… posts until he resigned to become an author. He became one of the most important and influential writers that has ever lived.

 GOVERN

B12

Dostoevsky admired the works of the English writer Charles Dickens who wrote about difficult times during the ……………………… Revolution in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Dostoevsky also wrote novels about social issues.

INDUSTRY

B13

One of Dostoevsky’s most significant works is Crime and Punishment. The main character in the novel is Raskolnikov, a poor, ……………………… university drop-out.

 EMPLOY

B14

The novel tells the story of how Raskolnikov plans to murder a(n) ……………………… moneylender to solve his financial problems.

 GREED

B15

Another major work is The Brothers Karamazov, which was Dostoevsky’s final novel and ……………………… even his best.

 POSSIBLE

B16

The novel focuses on a murder again but this time Dostoevsky examines other characters’ ……………………… to the crime.

Fyodor Dostoevsky died in 1881 and is buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg.

 REACT