Fyodor Dostoevsky 1874 · Staraya Russa
Coffee with the children
No earlier than 11:00
“не ранее одиннадцати часов”
Short verbatim excerpt · Russian original · Anna Dostoevskaya
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English translation · typical tue
no earlier than eleven o’clock
Wife’s memoir · Russian originalOpen
Reminiscences (Воспоминания)
First published in Russian, 1925 · online transcription at LitResP
Part VII, 1874–1875 · sections III–V
Passage: Part VII, section III
Timing & context
A note on this hour
He rose at eleven or later, then called the children while drinking coffee.
Staraya Russa · winter 1874–75 · Wife’s recollection of a winter routine
Anna describes late rising, daytime dictation and night writing. This follows one winter’s household routine, not his entire life.
1874 represents the winter of 1874–75 described by Anna, during work on The Adolescent.