Poor Folk
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Poor Folk is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s debut epistolary novel that portrays the struggles and inner lives of impoverished clerks in 19th-century St. Petersburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poor Folk canonical | 1 |
| Poor People | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistolary novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| criticalReception | praised by Vissarion Belinsky ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | impoverished clerks ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Notes of the Fatherland ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Poor Folk (film adaptations) ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Poor Folk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Poor People
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| influencedBy |
Nikolai Gogol
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Russian social criticism of the 1840s ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | 19th-century Russian novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of Russian social realism
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established Dostoevsky’s reputation in Russian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Makar Devushkin
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Varvara Dobrosyolova ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | letters ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bykov
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Rakhumov ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Бедные люди ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | first published novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | low-ranking clerk ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | series of exchanged letters ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
inner lives of impoverished clerks
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struggles of the urban poor ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy
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compassion ⓘ dignity ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| titleRomanization | Bednye lyudi ⓘ |
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Poor People