This author created the illegitimate Smyerdakov and the faithful Alyosha in a novel in which Dmtri is arrested for patricide.
This author wrote a novel about a man's addiction to roulette and another one in which the suicidal Kirilov is willing to take the blame for the murder of Shatov. Along with writing The Gambler and Demons, this author described how Nastassya and Aglaya must be chosen between by the (*) epileptic Prince Myshkin. This author created the illegitimate Smyerdakov and the faithful Alyosha in a novel in which Dmtri is arrested for patricide. In another novel by this author, Sonya urges a character to confess to killing a pawnbroker. For 10 points, name this Russian author of The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and a novel about Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment.
This author wrote a novel about a man's addiction to roulette and another one in which the suicidal Kirilov is willing to take the blame for the murder of Shatov.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky