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Poor Folk is the first novel by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky. Through the letters of the poor clerk Makar Devushkin and Varvara Dobroselova, it depicts the lives of people on the margins of society, their loneliness, poverty, and struggle to preserve their dignit
The first translation of Poor People by F. M. Dostoevsky into Croatian. The novel was translated by Milan Bogdanović, a writer, critic and translator who at that time participated in bringing Russian literature closer to South Slavic readers.
The novel is shaped as a correspondence between a modest official Makar Devushkin and a young Varvara Dobroselova. Their letters reveal a difficult everyday life marked by poverty, social insecurity and a sense of humiliation. Despite the deprivation, the characters strive to preserve mutual affection, compassion and personal dignity.
The work already presents themes that will characterize Dostoevsky's entire work: the little man, social injustice, moral dilemmas and the psychological complexity of the individual. The author shows the inner world of his heroes with great understanding, emphasizing their feelings, fears and need for human recognition.
Today, Poor People is considered an important beginning of Dostoevsky's literary journey and one of the key works of Russian realism, and the Zagreb edition from 1919 is a valuable example of the early reception of his literature in Croatian culture.
One copy is available
- Stains on cover
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- Damaged back
