Poor Folk (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1846
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Poverty or poor people, Russia or Russian people, Civil service, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
Characters Discussed
Makar Alexievitch Dievushkin (mah- KAHR ah-lehk-SAY-eh-vihch deh- VEWSH-kihn), a government clerk or copyist whose extravagant love for a friendless orphan leaves him penniless and broken in health. A supremely noble and at the same time ridiculous aging lover, Makar, laughingly called Lovelace in his office, carries on for some months an elaborate correspondence with the woman next door. Although they see each other less than once a week, they write almost daily of their mutual respect, their penurious existence, and their calamities and minor triumphs....
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