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Poor People

Poor People by Fyodor Dostoevsky follows the lives of Makar Devushkin, a lowly clerk, and Varvara Dobroselova, a young woman. Through their letters, they reveal the struggles of poverty, the yearning...

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Poor People

In the “Self-Definitions” section, William Vollmann provides portraits of poor people in China, Japan, Russia, and elsewhere. He details their life stories and discusses the problems of labeling...

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