Poor people
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881
Poor people / Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2012. - xiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love is taken away from him. Introducing the first in a long line of underground characters, Poor People, Dostoevsky's first full-length work of fiction, is a poignant, tragi-comic tale which foreshadows the greatness of his later novels.
9781847493125
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881 --Translations into English
Clerks--Fiction
Customs and manners
Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction
PG3326 / .B4 2019
Poor people / Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2012. - xiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love is taken away from him. Introducing the first in a long line of underground characters, Poor People, Dostoevsky's first full-length work of fiction, is a poignant, tragi-comic tale which foreshadows the greatness of his later novels.
9781847493125
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881 --Translations into English
Clerks--Fiction
Customs and manners
Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction
PG3326 / .B4 2019
