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InconsiderateHog t1_j7vs4xx wrote

Fairly sure that Dostoyevsky used it to avoid avoid government censorship as well as the reasons outlined above.

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PangeanPrawn OP t1_j7vu0be wrote

If true, that would be fascinating, especially considering how many of his contemporaries started doing it just stylistically - rather than for functional political reasons. Someone else here mentioned that it is sometimes called the "Dostoyevsky Dash" suggesting maybe he started it.

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InconsiderateHog t1_j7wrzei wrote

Yeah I’ve heard it labelled the Dostoyevsky dash as well, only recently though funnily enough.

That is interesting now you mention it - that’s my lunch time reading for tomorrow then!

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imapassenger1 t1_j7wykxv wrote

There are also character names redacted like Prince ______ in The Idiot.

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