Poor Folk is the debut novel by the renowned Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky It was published in 1846 and is considered one of the earliest examples of psychological fiction in Russian literatureThe novel is presented as a series of letters exchanged between two impoverished characters Makar Devushkina low-ranking civil servantand Varvara Dobroselovaa young orphaned woman Through their correspondencethe reader gains insight into their daily stru...