Poor people(1844-1845)

Novels

Dostoevsky’s debut novel became his “lucky ticket” in his writing career. Critics praised the work, dubbing the author the “new Gogol”. The novel consists of 49 letters between Makar Devushkin and Varvara Dobroselova, in which they recount their difficult, penniless lives.

Dostoevsky would return to the theme of poverty in virtually every of his subsequent works. For this, he would be dubbed “a writer who tells stories about people in attics and basements”.

Publisher Bony & Liveright, 1917

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