Poor folk by fyodor dostoevsky dostoyevsky displays great insight into human nature. Dostoyevsky, fedor fiodor fyodor, written by 18211881 russian writer and essayist best known for his novels crime and punishment and the brothers karamazov. Somehow along the way i had missed reading until now the masters short storynovella poor folk. Poor folk is the first novel by fyodor dostoyevsky, written over the span of nine months between 1844 and 1845. Fyodor dostoyevsky 18211881, one of nineteenthcentury russias greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. Download fyodor dostoyevsky s poor folk for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Poor folk, one of dostoyevsky s greatest narratives is the story of two lower class people who fall in love.
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