 Dostoevsky was occasionally sent to the military hospital, where he read newspapers and Dickens novels.He was respected by most of the other prisoners, and despised by some because of his supposedly xenophobic statements.After his release on 14 February 1854, Dostoevsky asked Mikhail to help him financially and to send him books by Vico, Guizot, Ranke, Hegel and Kant.