Poor Folk(II)窮人(英文版)
PoorFolkisthefirstnovelbyFyodorDostoyevsky,writtenoverthespanofninemonthsbetween1844and1845.InspiredbytheworksofGogol,Pushkin,andKaramzin,aswellasEnglishandFrenchauthors,PoorFolkiswrittenintheformoflettersbetweenthetwomaincharacters,MakarDevushkinandVarvaraDobroselova,whoarepoorsecondcousins.Thenovelshowcasesthelifeofpoorpeople,theirrelationshipwithrichpeople,andpovertyingeneral,allcommonthemesofliterarynaturalism.AdeepbutoddfriendshipdevelopsbetweenthemuntilDobroselovalosesherinterestinliterature,andlaterincommunicatingwithDevushkinafterarichwidowerMr.Bykovproposestoher.Devushkin,aprototypeoftheclerkfoundinmanyworksofnaturalisticliteratureatthattime,retainshissentimentalcharacteristics;Dobroselovaabandonsart,whileDevushkincannotlivewithoutliterature.
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