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Fyodor Dostoevsky 1874 · Staraya Russa

Write through the night

23:30–03:30 · Estimated

Estimated by typical tue. 23:30 allows time for the last solitaire; 03:30 represents the stated finish range. Neither minute is exact.Source timing: After another solitaire following 23:00; until 03:00–04:00.

“до трех-четырех часов ночи”

Short verbatim excerpt · Russian original · Anna Dostoevskaya
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English translation · typical tue

until three or four in the morning

Wife’s memoir · Russian originalOpen

Reminiscences (Воспоминания)

Anna Dostoevskaya

First published in Russian, 1925 · online transcription at LitResP

Part VII, 1874–1875 · sections III–V
Passage: Part VII, section V

Timing & context
A note on this hour

He worked until 03:00–04:00 after Anna went to bed.

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.