In almost fifty years, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote more than 725 letters, 315 of which are preserved.Complete Works, vol. 28(I), p. 7 Although Dostoevsky hated writing letters (but enjoyed reading letters), as he believed that he could not impress himself properly, they form a majority of his works. They are such important resources of his life and beliefs that the whole corpus of letters equals a biography.Complete Works, vol. 28(I), pp. 5–6
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