Poor Folk

ARDIS Studio presents to you the novel "Poor Folk" written by F. M. Dostoyevsky in 1845—at the age of 24. This novel brought him wide fame. It forever defined the writer’s interest in those whom he would later call the "humiliated and insulted." The novel was highly praised by critics right away, as V. G. Belinsky wrote about it: "The novel opens up such mysteries of life and character in Russia that nobody had even dreamed of before. It is the first attempt at a social novel in our country—and made, moreover, the way artists usually do: that is, without even realizing what they themselves have produced."