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Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2007, Perfect)

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When Poor Folk was first published in 1846, Dostoyevsky — one of nineteenth-century Russia's most important authors — was just twenty-four years old.

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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486456617

ISBN-139780486456614

eBay Product ID (ePID)58325446

Product Key Features

Book TitlePoor Folk

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicClassics, Epistolary, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorFyodor Dostoevsky

Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

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SynopsisAn excellent introduction to Dostoyevsky's work, this epistolary novel recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg's slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress., When Poor Folk was first published in 1846, Dostoyevsky -- one of nineteenth-century Russia's most important authors -- was just twenty-four years old. The novel brought him immediate critical and public acclaim. A poignant societal and physiological sketch, Dostoyevsky's masterpiece is written in the form of letters of correspondence between two characters, both trapped within the poverty and circumstance of St. Petersburg's slums. Makar is a writer struggling to survive; Varvara, a low-paid seamstress. The two are in love, but too poor to marry. They long for respect, but can't even muster enough for themselves. Written during the initial stirrings of the Russian realism movement, Poor Folk is a vivid portrait of society's "everyman." A work that is both beautiful and tragic, it unravels an unforgettable tale of the human condition., This novel brought its 24-year-old author critical and public acclaim nearly overnight. Written in the form of letters, it recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg's slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress. Compact and easy to read, it represents an excellent introduction to Dostoyevsky's work.