Russian novelist — author of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, and Notes from Underground — who explored the psychology of guilt, freedom, and faith through characters facing extreme moral situations — considered the greatest psychological novelist.
Creates the psychological novel of moral extremity — Dostoevsky's method (placing characters under extreme moral pressure to reveal the structure of conscience, guilt, and redemption) founded the psychological novel tradition and produced the most probing explorations of nihilism, freedom, and Christian faith in fiction.
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