Nineteenth century quasi-equivalents

[greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU]

Of all the authors mentioned (granted that I have not read all of them, sadly), I think Dickens would still be closest to Dostoevsky in terms of using colloquial English creatively and idiosyncratically.  My two cents...
PS: Thank you, Olia, for promoting my work on the list!:)

Svetlana Grenier

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