Fyodor Dostoevsky 
Poor Folk 

Inspired by the works of Gogol, Pushkin, and Karamzin, as well as English and French authors, Poor Folk, Dostoevsky's first great literary triumph, is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished copy clerk and a young seamstress, told through their passionate letters to each other. With its penetrating psychological insight and emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoevsky's Poor Folk contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels.