The Letters 1/2

This two-volume compilation offers the most comprehensive Arabic collection of Fyodor Dostoevsky's personal correspondence, translating more than 250 letters written across his lifetime—from an early letter to his mother at age twelve to his final dictation on his deathbed. Characterized by translator Khairi Al-Damen as a "documentary novel," these writings function as an intimate laboratory for his creative genius. The letters detail his period of penal servitude and exile in Siberia, perpetual financial distress, health struggles with epilepsy, and existential reckonings with faith, suffering, and morality. Addressed to his brother Mikhail, his wives, literary peers, and publishers, the collection uncovers the raw, behind-the-scenes evolution of world literature classics such as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

It offers an unfiltered, deeply personal window into Dostoevsky's mind, allowing readers to trace the real-life trauma, poverty, and spiritual passion that directly shaped his world-renowned literary art.

Ideal for devotees of classic Russian literature, Dostoevsky scholars and enthusiasts, biographers, and general readers fascinated by intimate historical letters and literary creative processes.