Poor Folk and Other Stories

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A collection of some of DostoyevskyP#39;s finest short stories With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, DostoyevskyP#39;s early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. Poor Folk, the authorP#39;s first great literary triumph, is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished copy clerk and a young seamstress, told through their passionate letters to each other. In The Landlady Dostoyevsky portrays a dreamer hero who is captivated by a curious couple and becomes their lodger. Mr Prokharchin, inspired by a true story, is a sly comedy centring on an eccentric miser, and Polzunkov is a powerful character sketch which, in common with the other tales in this volume, questions the very nature of existence.

• Binding: Hardcover

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