" It is questionable whether one can really discuss the aspects of "realism" or of "human experience" when considering an
author whose gallery of characters consists almost exclusively of neurotics and lunatics. Besides all this, Dostoevski's
characters have yet another remarkable feature: throughout the book they do not develop as personalities. We get them all
complete at the beginning of the tale, and so they remain without any considerable changes although their surroundings
may alter and the most extraordinary things may happen to them. "

― Vladimir Nabokov , Lectures on Russian Literature