Бедные Люди by Fyodor Dostoevsky
An intimate epistolary novel that follows the exchanges between an impoverished government clerk and a young seamstress in St. Petersburg, whose letters reveal daily humiliations, small acts of generosity, and the crushing effects of poverty on dignity and human connection. Through their sympathetic, often painful confessions, the narrative exposes social inequality and the fragility of hope as both characters struggle to maintain self-respect amid shrinking options and growing despair. The tone is both tender and bleak, offering a compassionate critique of society's indifference toward the poor.
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- Published
- 1846
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 160-200 pages
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Bednye lyudi
- Poor Folk
- Poor People
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