The House of the Dead; or, Prison Life in Siberia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515295976)

In the midst of the steppes, of the mountains, of the impenetrable forests of the desert regions of Siberia, one meets from time to time with little towns of a thousand or two inhabitants, built entirely of wood, very ugly, with two churches-one in the centre of the town, the other in the cemetery-in a word, towns which bear much more resemblance to a good-sized village in the suburbs of Moscow than to a town properly so called. In most cases they are abundantly provided with police-master, assessors, and other inferior officials. If it is cold in Siberia, the great advantages of the Government service compensate for it. The inhabitants are simple people, without liberal ideas. Their manners are antique, solid, and unchanged by time.

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN-10: 1515295974
ISBN-13: 9781515295976
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2015
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.22d