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Both a masterpiece of Russian populist writing and a parody of the entire genre, Poor People is an early example of Dostoevsky’s genius.
Written as a series of letters, Poor People is the tragic tale of a petty clerk and his impossible love for a young girl. Longing to help her and her family, he sells everything he can, but his kindness leads him only into more desperate poverty, and ultimately into debauchery. As a typical “man of the underground,” he serves as the embodiment of the belief that happiness can only be achieved with riches.
This work is remarkable for its vivid characterizations, especially of Dievushkin, the clerk, solely by means of his letters to the young girl and her answers to him.
© 2006 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781481549257
© 2018 Interactive Media (Ebook): 9781787246027
Translators: Constance Garnett
Release date
Audiobook: 1 January 2006
Ebook: 27 June 2018
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