{"product_id":"notes-from-a-dead-house-1","title":"Notes From A Dead House","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1849 the young Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years'' hard labour in a Siberian prison camp for advocating socialism. \u003ci\u003eNotes from a Dead House \u003c\/i\u003e(sometimes translated as \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e), the novel he wrote on his release, tells of shocking conditions, brutal punishments, and the psychological effects of the loss of freedom and hope; it describes the daily life of the prison community, the feuds and betrayals, the moments of comedy, the unexpected acts of kindness. \u003cbr\u003eTo avoid censorship, Dostoevsky made his protagonist a common criminal, but the perspective is unmistakably his own. As a member of the nobility he had been despised by his fellow prisoners, most of whom were peasants - an experience shared in the book by Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov, a nobleman who has killed his wife. Like his creator, Goryanchikov undergoes a transformation over the course of his ordeal, as he discovers ''deep, strong, beautiful natures'' amongst even the roughest of the convicts. \u003ci\u003eNotes from a Dead House\u003c\/i\u003e shows the prison camp as a tragedy for the inmates and a tragedy for Russia. It endures today as a profound meditation on freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57560755339646,"sku":"NW9781841593982","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781841593982.jpg?v=1781648737","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/notes-from-a-dead-house-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}