There are various ways of spelling his last name- which one do you use?
Dostoevsky/i
Dostoyevsky/i
Dostojewsky/i
I personally spell it Dostojewski =]
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There are various ways of spelling his last name- which one do you use?
Dostoevsky/i
Dostoyevsky/i
Dostojewsky/i
I personally spell it Dostojewski =]
Dostoevsky.
It depends on your mother tongue, I suppose. In Portugal we say Dostoiévski, in Germany they say Dostojewskij. In English I say Dostoyevsky. But it's all the same, really, they're all equally (in)accurate.
In my language, it's spelled Dostojevski - and I was under the impression that Dostoevsky is the usual spelling in English.
That or Dostoyevsky is the usual spelling, yes. Depends on the publisher. I think penguin spells it Dostoyevsky while the most recent translation by Pevear spells it Dostoevsky.
Peunguin is lesser wrong...