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Poor Folk
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 689 Ratings and 67 Reviews

Book Description
Poor Folk is an epistolary novel -- that is, a tale told as a series of letters between the characters. And oh, what characters these are! Makar Dievushkin Alexievitch is a copy writer, barely squeaking by; Barbara Dobroselova Alexievna works as a seamstress, and both face the sort of everyday humiliation society puts upon the poor. These are people respected by no one, not even by themselves. The... More
Book Information
PublisherWildside Press, LLC
BindingHardcover (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages172
ISBN-101592247563
ISBN-13978-1592247561
Publication Date02/01/2003
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About Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author) : Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a published author and a translator of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Fyodor Dostoyevsky include Notes From The Underground, The Gambler, The idiot : a novel... more
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About C. J. Hogarth (Translator) : C. J. Hogarth is a published translator. Published credits of C. J. Hogarth include Poor Folk.
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10/4/2009 Basak Savcigil said: Some heart breaking tales, but filled with wonderful characters. I found this book quite hard to read because it was so intense and tragic. But beautifully written and complex.
tags: Inspired me, I read

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