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1) Poor Folk
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Financial difficulties resulting from an extravagant lifestyle and excessive gambling led Fyodor Dostoevsky to pen his first novel "Poor Folk". First published in 1846, "Poor Folk" is the story of impoverished cousins Varvara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin. The two live in run-down apartments across the street from each other in St. Petersburg. Through a series of letters to each other we learn of the suffering, humiliation, and isolation that results...
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A captivating story about the price of human freedom.
"Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Grand Inquisitor
Part of "The Brothers Karamazov", this is an important short section because of its ideas about freedom and human nature. The central character in this work is...Interlibrary Loan
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