Dostoevsky could have lost his royalties for nine years if he hadn't finished the novel on time.
In 1866 the writer entered into an agreement to work with the publisher. The 20-year-old stenographer Anna Snitkina came to his aid: together they finished it in 26 days, and soon got married.
How "The Actor" was created and why he had to hand over the manuscript to the police is described in a video dedicated to the 205th anniversary of the great writer's birth.