Poor Folk

“Poor Folk” is an epistolary novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, portraying the lives of Makar Dievushkin Alexievitch and Barbara Dobroselova Alexievna, two impoverished individuals whose chaste love and struggles with poverty are poignantly depicted through their letters. Dostoevsky’s exploration of poverty and human relationships in this work marked the early signs of his literary greatness.