"Dostoevsky's sense of life and death" - for some readers this title is likely to be somewhat unusual. Dostoevsky's work is most often written about in terms of philosophical thought or theology. But Dostoevsky really suffered over the "question of the existence of God," and this is not just a metaphor: he really suffered with all his being, soul and body. We tend to believe that the "question of the existence of God" is a metaphysical, abstract problem. However, for Dostoevsky, this question was inseparable from feelings.