Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in 1821.
In 1849 he was arrested and sentenced to death, but was reprieved at the last moment.
The Brothers Karamazov, published in 1880, was his last novel. "The Grand Inquisitor" is perhaps the best known chapter in the entire novel and represents its spiritual center.
As the legend of Christ's return to earth unfolds Dostoyevsky portrays the struggle of light and darkness within the soul of mankind.