In the canon
Poor Folk
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1846
- Originally in
- Originally in Russian
- Pages
- Pages 140
A middle-aged copying clerk and a girl with no protector write to each other across a Petersburg courtyard. He spends money he has not got on sweets and geraniums for her, never says he loves her, and loses her to a rich man.
For you had understood what I wanted, you had understood what my heart was craving for.
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