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Based on Dostoevsky's own account, when did he actually begin writing down the text of 'Crime and Punishment'?
Answer
Only after he was released from his Siberian confinement
Dostoevsky's prison letters indicate the novel existed only in his mind while he was confined, and he did not begin writing it down until after his release from Siberia.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's prison letters reveal he composed 'Crime and Punishment' entirely in his head during Siberian confinement, writing it only after release.
Other options people guess
- While he was still serving his sentence in the Siberian prison camp
- Immediately after his arrest, before he was sentenced
- During the years he awaited trial in a Saint Petersburg jail
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- dostoevsky
- russian-literature
- prison
- writing-process
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