Бедные люди

This collection includes two early works by Dostoevsky - "Poor People" and "The Double", which marked the birth of the future great novelist.

"Poor People" is the writer's debut novel . After reading it, V. G. Belinsky wrote that Dostoevsky “is a completely unknown and new name, but which seems destined to play a significant role in our literature.” The touching love story of the petty official Makar Devushkin and Varenka Dobroselova reveals the eternal theme of the “little man.” Despite the inner beauty and nobility of the soul, they are not able to reverse the circumstances and are doomed to suffer in this cruel world.

The story “The Double” gives a deep psychological analysis of a split consciousness and brilliantly develops the theme of duality - the human “I” and his shadows. Mr. Golyadkin's drama, unfolding against the backdrop of the busy streets of St. Petersburg in the 19th century, is largely connected with the artistic world and poetics of Gogol's St. Petersburg stories.