The writer's diary in 3 volumes: Volume 1: Writer's Diary. 1873, 1876; Volume 2: Writer's Diary

The reader is offered the famous “Writer’s Diary”, a text in which the writer speaks with his first person’s reader, exploring the main topics that are devoted to all his work: man and God, good and evil, freedom, love, the fate of Russia. The Writer's Diary is a new way of mastering reality in a philosophical and artistic way. In many ways, his publication anticipated the genre of philosophical prose. This text has become an expression of the passionate desire of his author to communicate with his readers directly, to express his thoughts from his own face. In addition to discussions of the most diverse topics, from deep philosophical and moral issues to the analysis of the external policy of the powers, the “Diary” includes a direct appeal to the reader as a direct accomplice of the events of his time. I read it, all the thinking Russia thought over its materials, which turned F. M. Dostoevsky into a thinker-prophet. For our time, the relevance of the “writer's diary” lies in the insight of F. M. Dostoevsky, revealing the unchanged essence of phenomena. It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the publication for the modern Russian reader: the direct dialogue of the great writer with the reader is invaluable in understanding the multifaceted personality of Dostoevsky, who is not only a writer for Russia, but also a teacher, judge, healer. This volume contains extensive comments and notes to the entire publication.

for a wide range of readers.