What is the English title of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s prison memoir about Siberian penal labor?

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s prison memoir about Siberian penal labor is known in English as The House of the Dead.

The work draws on Dostoevsky’s own imprisonment at a katorga camp in Omsk, Siberia, after his arrest in 1849. He spent four years there, from 1850 to 1854, before serving a period of compulsory military service.

The narrator, Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov, is a fictionalized former prisoner. This framing allowed Dostoevsky to combine personal observation with a broader portrait of convicts, camp routines, violence, solidarity, and spiritual endurance.

English editions use more than one title, including Notes from a Dead House and The House of the Dead. These titles refer to the same major work, so the exact wording can vary by translation.