 Dostoevsky's aim, unprecedented at the time in Russia, was "to depict a talented and strong-willed woman who refuses to allow herself to be crushed — who becomes the main "positive" heroine of a major novel", rather than merely depicting woman as the victim of injustice or iniquity.The novel was originally subtitled ""The History of a Woman"".Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton

General Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton PC (7 August 1743 – 25 April 1821) was a politician and soldier.