Dostoevsky is my favorite ancient author. The Brothers Karamazov is my favorite book, I also enjoy the Idiot, Crime and Punishment, The Gambler and Notes from the Underground. His books are moralistic, but as others have pointed out--not dogmatic. His personal life was pretty interesting, in a sad way. His father was a violent alcoholic, he came from a large family, his mother died of tuberculosis, he was exiled to Siberia after being part of a 'mock execution' which, apparently, is how they handled criminals back then. Weird. I believe that it was all these events that led him to be an existentialist back before it was 'cool' to do so. I also think this is why his books are so awesome still to this day. They do not always translate well, but they are definately worth the read. Here, I wanted to write some beautiful quotation of him:
"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. "
"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. "
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