DOSTOEVSKY FEODOR MIHAJLOVICH. THE TERRIBLE GRIEF

two years prior to this event Dostoevsky has endured one more terrible grief. Three-monthly son Alesha has suddenly died of an epilepsy attack. ' he somehow especially loved Aleshu, almost painful love, precisely having a presentiment that will soon lose it, - the wife of the writer Anna Grigorevna recollected later. - Feodor Mihajlovich was quiet and courageously took out the stroke of bad luck which has burst over it, but I strongly was afraid that this restraint of the deep sorrow will fatally be reflected on it and without that reeled health '.

Really, health of the writer inspired its serious fears to the native. Last eight years of a life he suffered chronic katarom the top respiratory ways. Its organism weakened and regularly repeating epilepticheskie the attacks delivering many of physical and sincere sufferings.

In the night from 25 for January, 26th, 1881 Dostoevsky had a rupture of a pulmonary artery then he has fainted. When Feodor Mihajlovich has come to the senses, its first desire was to confess and prichastitsja, as has been executed.

Last evening before death the writer has asked the wife to light a candle and to bring the Gospel. Has at random opened it. On this time it there was a Gospel from Matfeja: ' Jesus has told to it in the answer: do not keep, for so it is necessary to us to execute the great truth '. ' you hear, - "do not keep", - means, I will die ', - Dostoevsky has told and has closed the book. On February, 9th at 20 o'clock 38 minutes of the writer did not become.