《死屋手记》系19世纪俄国大文豪陀思妥耶夫斯基在俄国农奴制改革时期发表的一部最重要、最有影响的作品，作者以自己的亲身经历为基础，以冷静、客观的笔调记述了他在苦役期间的见闻。全书由回忆、随笔、特写、故事等独立成篇的章节组成，淋漓尽致地展示了各类苦役犯的可怕处境和精神状态，勾画出各种人物的独特个性。(House of the Dead is the most important and influencing work published by Russia great writer Dostoevsky in the nineteenth Russia great writer Dostoevsky in serfdom reform period, the wither uses the calm and objective tone to record and narrate what he sees and hears in his hard labor period based on his personal experience. The book is composed of separate sections such as reminiscence, informal essay, feature and story, which incisively and vividly shows the horrible plight and mental state of all kinds of convicts, sketches the unique characters of different kinds of figures.)