Fyodor Dostoevsky 1874 · Staraya Russa
Dictate to Anna
14:00–15:00
“от двух до трех”
Short verbatim excerpt · Russian original · Anna Dostoevskaya
Open the original for the surrounding passage.
English translation · typical tue
from two to three
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 IV
Timing & context
A note on this hour
He dictated the preceding night’s manuscript. Both hours are stated.
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.