The Peasant Marey

The Peasant Marey (Russian: Мужик Марей Muzhik Marey), written in 1876, is both the "best-known autobiographical account" from the Writer's Diary of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and a frequently anthologized work of fiction. This "double encoding" arises from its framing as both short story, narrated by the fictional prisoner Goryanchikov from The House of the Dead, and as reminiscences of Dostoevsky himself, as a way to evade censorship.

The Peasant Marey

The Peasant Marey (Russian: Мужик Марей Muzhik Marey), written in 1876, is both the "best-known autobiographical account" from the Writer's Diary of Fyodor Dostoevsky, and a frequently anthologized work of fiction. This "double encoding" arises from its framing as both short story, narrated by the fictional prisoner Goryanchikov from The House of the Dead, and as reminiscences of Dostoevsky himself, as a way to evade censorship.