"The House of the Dead" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a semi-autobiographical novel that draws from the author’s own experiences of being imprisoned in a Siberian labor camp. Here’s a summary:

The novel is presented as the memoirs of Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov, a nobleman who has been sentenced to ten years of hard labor for murdering his wife. Through Goryanchikov’s eyes, Dostoyevsky explores the harsh realities of life in a Siberian prison.