Dostoevsky's journalism is even more fascinating than his prose. Everything the writer couldn't express in the pages of his famous novels was reflected in his 'Diary of a Writer.' These conversational essays and articles, in which Dostoevsky the artist's judgments are juxtaposed with the caustic voice of Dostoevsky the journalist, can be called an 'encyclopedia of Russian life': they offer a profound analysis of the social life of the time and its moral climate, reflections on national character and people, and the significance of art and Christianity.