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Dostoevsky’s debut novel, Poor Folk, instantly catapulted him to fame and propelled him to the forefront of the Russian literary scene.
The renowned Russian critic, feared by writers, Belinsky, remarked after reading the manuscript of this novel: “Do you truly grasp, young man, all the truth you have written about? No, you cannot comprehend it at twenty. It is artistic inspiration, that gift bestowed from on high, that has inspired you. I respect this gift in you. You will become a great writer.”
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