{"product_id":"poor-folk-and-other-early-stories-isbn-9780593467589","title":"Poor Folk and Other Early Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of\u003ci\u003e Poor Folk, \u003c\/i\u003ethe debut novella that first brought the author of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e fame at the age of twenty-five, along with his other early stories, all showcasing the concern for human dignity that animated his later work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe short novel \u003ci\u003ePoor Folk\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the passionate relationship between two young distant cousins, a clerk and a seamstress who live across the street from each other in conditions of dire poverty. Through an exchange of letters, they share with each other their struggles, their past tragedies, their mutual love of literature, and their growing hopes for a future together—until a rich man proposes to the young woman and offers her a path to a different life, leaving her cousin behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other stories in the collection—\"Mister Prokharchin,\" \"Another Man’s Wife and a Husband Under the Bed,\" \"White Nights,\" and \"Uncle’s Dream\"—display a remarkable variety of narrative voices. Combining satiric comedy with weightier themes, these early tales reveal their author already exercising the formal inventiveness he became so well known for. | FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1821–1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist, and author of \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment, Demons, Notes from Underground,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Translators:\u003c\/b\u003e RICHARD PEVEAR and LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, Bulgakov, Leskov, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize (for Dostoevsky’s \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy’s \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e). They are married and live in France.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759501586661,"sku":"NP9780593467589","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593467589.jpg?v=1775598794","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/poor-folk-and-other-early-stories-isbn-9780593467589","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}