![]() ![]() ![]() Poverty and physical suffering robbed him of the joy of life and filled him with bitter thoughts and morbid imaginings.ĭuring 1847 he became an enthusiastic member of the revolutionary reunions of the political agitator, Petrachevski. The successful author became a regular contributor of short tales to the Annals of the Country, a monthly periodical conducted by Kraevsky but he was wretchedly paid, and his work, though revealing extraordinary power and intensity, commonly lacks both finish and proportion. An English version, Poor Folk, with an introduction by George Moore, appeared in 1894. It appeared in the course of 1846 under the title of Poor People. The story was submitted in manuscript to the Russian critic, Bielinski, and excited him by its power over the emotions. The germ of all Dostoyevsky’s imaginative work may be discovered here. The girl marries a middle-aged wealthy man the hero dies of a broken heart, and his funeral is described in lamentable detail. Characteristically the Russian story ends in “tender gloom”. The hero is a Russian “Tom Pinch”, who entertains a pathetic, humble adoration for a fair young girl, a solitary waif like himself. He knew little of Dickens, but his first story is thoroughly Dickensian in character. In addition to the old Russian masters Gogol and Pushkin, Balzac and George Sand supplied him with literary ideals. Next year his father died, and he resigned his commission in order to devote himself to literature-thus commencing a long struggle with ill-health and penury. Petersburg, which he left in 1843 with the grade of sub-lieutenant. ![]() He was educated at Moscow and at the military engineering academy in St. Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), Fyodor (Feodor) Mikhailovich, Russian author, born in Moscow, on the 3oth of October 1821, was the second son of a retired military surgeon of a decayed noble family. ![]()
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