Perhaps the effort killed him--he died not long after completing his masterpiece "The Brothers Karamazov"
[DOC] [TLE] The Brothers Karamazov - Dictionary definition of The Brothers ... [PAR] At the heart of The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery surrounding the ... 
abroad proved very fruitful for Dostoevsky, as he completed several works before 
his return ... Smerdyakov admits to Ivan that he killed Fyodor after Dmitri left the 
house.