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Poor Folk

By Fyodor DostoevskyNarrated by Tony Addison, Cynthia Franklin

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In 1840s St. Petersburg the ageing copyist Makar Dievushkin is, with various degrees of subtlety, trying to woo Barbara Dobroselova, a young woman who has had a swift fall in fortunes. Told in alternating letters to each other, their past stories and current hopes play out in raw and personal detail, as the daily realities of an uncaring and expensive town take hold. Poor Folk was Fyodor Dostoevsky's first novel and was written to try and cover his escalating debts from his expensive lifestyle and gambling addiction. Luckily for Dostoevsky, it was an immediate success when it was published in the St. Petersburg Collection, and the accolades from critics such as Belinsky and Herzen propelled him into the high echelons of Russian literary society. This edition is the 1915 translation by C. J. Hogarth.

Marriage of Convenience Grief Tragic Romance Found Family Psychological Identity Betrayal

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GenreLiterary Classics

Length6 hrs 10 mins

Narrated byTony Addison, Cynthia Franklin

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMay 1, 2023

LanguageEnglish

1Opening Credits

2April 8th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

3April 8th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

4April 8th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

5April 9th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

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6April 12th: Dearest Mistress Barbara Alexievna

7April 25th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

8May 20th: My Dearest Little Barbara

9June 1st: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch (Part 1)

10June 1st: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch (Part 2)

11June 11th: How I Thank You for Our Walk to the Islands Yesterday, Makar Alexievitch!

12June 12th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

13June 20th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

14June 21st: My Own, My Darling

15June 22nd: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

16June 25th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

17June 26th: My Dear Little Barbara

18June 27th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

19June 28th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

20My Dear Makar Alexievitch

21July 1st: Rubbish, Rubbish, Barbara!

22My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

23July 7th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

24July 8th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

25July 27th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

26July 28th: My Priceless Barbara Alexievna

27July 28th: Dearest Little Barbara

28July 29th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

29August 1st: My Darling Barbara Alexievna

30August 2nd: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

31August 3rd: My Angel, Barbara Alexievna

32August 4th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

33August 4th: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna

34August 5th: Dearest Makar Alexievitch

35August 5th: My Darling Little Barbara

36August 11th: O Barbara Alexievna, I Am Undone

37August 13th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

38August 14th: What Is the Matter with You, Makar Alexievitch?

39August 19th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

40August 21st: My Dear and Kind Barbara Alexievna

41September 3rd: The Reason Why I Did Not Finish My Last Letter, Makar Alexievitch, Was That I Found It So Difficult to Write

42September 5th: My Beloved Barbara

43September 9th: My Dearest Barbara Alexievna

44September 10th: My Beloved Makar Alexievitch

45September 11th: My Darling Barbara Alexievna

46September 15th: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

47September 18th: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna

48September 19th: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna

49September 23rd: My Dearest Makar Alexievitch

50September 23rd: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna

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