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Maria Dmitrievna Isayeva (1824-1864), Dostoevsky's first wife, ca 1860. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Maria Dmitrievna Isayeva (1824-1864), Dostoevsky's first wife, ca 1860. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)