ɪnfˈɔːɹmd baɪ ðə pəlˈiːs ðæt hɪz stˈɛpsʌn wʌz ɐn ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪt ʌvðə noʊtˈoːɹiəs pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˈædʒᵻtˌeɪɾɚ sˈɜːdʒi nˈɛtʃeɪˌɛv, dˌɑːstɔɪˈɛvski fˈaɪndz hɪmsˈɛlf ˌʌndɚ sˈiːkɹᵻt pəlˈiːs sɚvˈeɪləns.
Informed by the police that his stepson was an associate of the notorious political agitator Sergey Nechayev, Dostoyevsky finds himself under secret police surveillance.