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Poor Folk

Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, romanized: Bednyye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People, is the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, written over the span of nine months between 1844 and 1845, and first published on 15 January 1846. Dostoevsky was in financial difficulty because of his extravagant lifestyle and his developing gambling addiction…

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Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Genre
Epistolary novel
Publication date
January 15, 1846
Dewey Decimal
891.73/3
Language
Russian
LC Class
PG3328

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related to Themes and style · 39
Poor Folk → Abelard, Additional, Alexander Pushkin's The Stationmaster, Another, Argenteuil, Belinsky, Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky's, Dostoyevsky, Dostoyevsky's, Double Parody Equals Anti-Parody, Gogol, Gogol's, Gogolian, Heloise, Héloïse, In, It, Joseph Frank, Karin Jeanette Harmon
related to Main characters · 20
Poor Folk → Akaky Akakievich, Although, Bykov, Clarissa, Devushkin, Devushkin's, Dobroselova, Dobroselova's, Dostoyevsky, He, Her, His, Joseph Frank, Makar Alekseyevich Devushkin, Mr, Robert Payne, Samuel Richardson's, Successfully, The Overcoat, Varvara Alekseyevna Dobroselova
related to Translations · 14
Poor Folk → Constance Garnett, David Magarshack, David McDuff, English, Gambler, Hogarth, Hugh Aplin, Lena Milman, Lev Navrozov, Little Hero, Poor People, Robert Dessaix, The, Thomas Seltzer
related to Reception · 13
Poor Folk → About, Alexander Herzen, As, Belinsky, Dostoevsky, February, Pavel Annenkov, Progress, Revolutionary Ideas, Russia, Russia's, The, The Northern Bee
related to External links · 4
Poor Folk → LibriVoxPoor Folk, Project GutenbergPoor Folk, Russian, Standard Ebooks
Author · 1
Poor Folk → Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dewey Decimal · 1
Poor Folk → 891.73/3
Genre · 1
Poor Folk → Epistolary novel
Language · 1
Poor Folk → Russian
LC Class · 1
Poor Folk → PG3328

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Poor FolkAuthorFyodor Dostoevsky1.00infobox
Poor FolkDewey Decimal891.73/31.00infobox
Poor FolkGenreEpistolary novel1.00infobox
Poor FolkLanguageRussian1.00infobox
Poor FolkLC ClassPG33281.00infobox
Poor FolkMedia typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)1.00infobox
Poor FolkOCLC20414661.00infobox
Poor FolkOriginal titleБедные люди1.00infobox
Poor FolkPublication dateJanuary 15, 18461.00infobox
Poor FolkPublication placeRussia1.00infobox
Poor FolkPublished in English18941.00infobox
Poor FolkTranslatorLena Milman1.00infobox
Poor Folkis ashy0.90text

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