Dostoyevsky - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of Dostoyevsky. Explore the range and versatility of this thought-provoking and compelling writer, focusing on his concern with writing as a means of understanding the human condition. Rose Miller's lively text offers: an insight into the relationship between the writer's life and his work; an exploration of characteristic features and recurrent themes in his writing; an analysis of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov; an outline of some helpful critical approaches to his style; the facts...the concepts...the ideas...