Women in Dostoevsky's Life

Do you want to discover the &quote;other side&quote; of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the giant literary mind who produced immortal novels such as &quote;Crime and Punishment&quote; and &quote;The Brothers Karamazov&quote;? In his book &quote;Women in the Life of Dostoevsky,&quote; the Russian writer and critic Leonid Grossman takes us into the world of the complex and painful emotional relationships that this famous Russian writer lived. We discover through the pages of the book that Dostoyevsky, despite his literary greatness, was a tortured human being who suffered from &quote;failed emotional relationships&quote; and &quote;deep psychological pain.&quote; The &quote;female characters&quote; who entered Dostoevsky's life varied, from the &quote;poor, miserable woman&quote; to the &quote;arrogant aristocrat&quote; to the &quote;cultured writer.&quote; We learn about the stories of his marriage to &quote;Maria Dmitrievna&quote; and &quote;Anna Grigorievna,&quote; and the &quote;profound influence&quote; that these women had on his literary works.