Talk:The House of the Dead (novel)

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BetacommandBot 02:49, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Goryanchikov's crime
This is more complicated than I thought. Goryanchikov is ostensibly "a convict deportee of the second category for the murder of his wife" (ISBN 0-140-44456-4, p.22). However, according to the translator of this particular edition, a remark made by a fellow convict implies Goryanchikov may be a political prisoner (p. 15). Rather than putting this long-windedness into a note in a pretty short article, I've just removed the exact nature of his crime for the time being, since it's probably easier not to mention it. Mrabbits 21:55, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Copyright
Is there a particular reason why this novel is not available out of copyright from sites such as Project Gutenberg when most if not all of his other best known works are? Riddley (talk) 23:07, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Character List
I think a character list with brief descriptions would be very useful to readers. Since characters are often introduced briefly and then examined in detail later in the book, it makes it confusing for first time readers to keep track of them all. I will add this later if I have time and there are no objections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.86.242 (talk) 16:16, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You must have been quite busy for 12 years, so I've taken it upon myself to add a character list. Harold the Sheep (talk) 05:33, 5 February 2022 (UTC)