Poor FolkCourier Corporation, 19 set 2012 - 112 pagine When Poor Folk was first published in 1846, Dostoyevsky — one of nineteenth-century Russia's most important authors — was just twenty-four years old. The novel brought him immediate critical and public acclaim. A poignant societal and physiological sketch, Dostoyevsky's masterpiece is written in the form of letters of correspondence between two characters, both trapped within the poverty and circumstance of St. Petersburg's slums. Makar is a writer struggling to survive; Varvara, a low-paid seamstress. The two are in love, but too poor to marry. They long for respect, but can't even muster enough for themselves. Written during the initial stirrings of the Russian realism movement, Poor Folk is a vivid portrait of society's "everyman." A work that is both beautiful and tragic, it unravels an unforgettable tale of the human condition. |
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Poor Folk and The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky,William J. Leatherbarrow,C. J. Hogarth,A. D. P. Briggs Anteprima non disponibile - 1994 |
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afraid angel Anna Fyodorovna ashamed began boots Bykov child clerk cold crying darling dear girl DEAR MAKAR ALEXYEVITCH dear soul dreams Emelyan Ivanovitch everything Excellency eyes father Fedora says feel fellow felt Fontanka FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY give God's sake good-bye Gorshkov Gostiny Dvor hand happened happy head heart hurdy-gurdy Ivan the fool landlady laughed letter little angel live lodging look MAKAR DYEVUSHKIN mind morning mother never Nevsky Prospect night nonsense one’s perhaps Petersburg Petinka Petrushka Pokrovsky Pokrovsky’s poor precious Pushkin Pyotr Petrovitch Ratazyaev remember ruined samovar Sasha satin stitch seemed September 27 simply sitting sleep sometimes sort strange talking tears tell Teresa thing thought to-day told took turned Varinka dear Varvara Alexyevna walked whole wife window woman word worry write Yermak yesterday Zuleika