Fyodor Dostoevsky 
Poor Folk 

Poor people is the first novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, written over a period of nine months between 1844 and 1845 and is written in the form of letters between the two protagonists, Makar Devushkin and Varvara Dobroselova, who are poor second cousins. The novel showcases the lives of poor people, their relationship with wealthy people, and poverty in general.