Poor Folk

Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky is an epistolary novel that tells the story of Makar Devushkin, a poor government clerk, and Varvara Dobroselova, a young woman struggling with hardship, through their heartfelt letters. Set in St. Petersburg, the novel explores themes of poverty, dignity, love, and social inequality, revealing the emotional depth and quiet suffering of ordinary people while critiquing the harsh realities of 19th-century Russian society.