Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky | ISBN: | 9781787246027 |
Publisher: | Adelphi Press | Publication: | June 27, 2018 |
Imprint: | Adelphi Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky |
ISBN: | 9781787246027 |
Publisher: | Adelphi Press |
Publication: | June 27, 2018 |
Imprint: | Adelphi Press |
Language: | English |
Varvara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin are second cousins twice-removed and live across from each other on the same street in terrible apartments. The novel follows their lives, their relationship with rich people, and poverty in general. A deep but odd friendship develops between them until Dobroselova loses her interest in literature, and later in communicating with Devushkin after a rich widower Mr. Bykov proposes to her.
Varvara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin are second cousins twice-removed and live across from each other on the same street in terrible apartments. The novel follows their lives, their relationship with rich people, and poverty in general. A deep but odd friendship develops between them until Dobroselova loses her interest in literature, and later in communicating with Devushkin after a rich widower Mr. Bykov proposes to her.