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Mr. Prokhartchin
- "Mr. Prokhartchin" is a short story written in 1846 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and first published in the Annals of the Fatherland. Inspired by a true story, the story depicts the miserly life of the protagonist, Mr. Prokharchin, a patronym derived from the Russian word for 'grub' or 'vittles', kharchi. He lives an extremely poor life, eating frugal meals and sleeping on a mattress directly on the floor. His landlady and the other tenants feel sorry for him. On his death, they eventually discover that the man was in fact wealthy and was living in that way voluntarily. He was hiding his fortune inside his mattress.
In his review of the short story, Lantz comments that "'Mr. Prokharchin,' dreams dreams, in which the accumulation of money figures prominently, express his anxiety about his sense of self and his guilt over the selfishness that has isolated him from other human beings." Vissarion Belinsky felt it is "affected, maniéré, and incomprehensible".
- "Mr. Prokhartchin" is a short story written in 1846 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and first published in the Annals of the Fatherland. Inspired by a true story, the story depicts the miserly life of the protagonist, Mr. Prokharchin, a patronym derived from the Russian word for 'grub' or 'vittles', kharchi. He lives an extremely poor life, eating frugal meals and sleeping on a mattress directly on the floor. His landlady and the other tenants feel sorry for him. On his death, they eventually discover that the man was in fact wealthy and was living in that way voluntarily. He was hiding his fortune inside his mattress.
In his review of the short story, Lantz comments that "'Mr. Prokharchin,' dreams dreams, in which the accumulation of money figures prominently, express his anxiety about his sense of self and his guilt over the selfishness that has isolated him from other human beings." Vissarion Belinsky felt it is "affected, maniéré, and incomprehensible".
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
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