Dostoevski was a rival to Tolstoi. The former wrote with deep emotional and theological concerns while the latter tended to focus more on historical panorama.

"The Idiot" is intended to be a type of Christ.

But Dostoevski has had something of a cultural impact upon us. E.g., the caracter "Columbo" was based on the detective in his book "Crime and Punishment."

BTW, was Dostoevski Russian Orthodox? Or had he, like Tolostoi, given up on that institution?

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Kevin Guillory
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Redeemer Christian Congregation
Baltimore, MD

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interprets itself. And in the process ...
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