Status Updates From Poor Folk

no sé por qué casi nunca incluyen Pobre gente en las listas de libros importantes de Dostoievski, si a mí me está gustando casi más que Noches blancas :/

feeling quite hollow reading this. there’s something so sad about the lives they’re both living and how little freedom either has. i understand why makar doesn’t want varvara to work as a governess, but i find it selfish that he discourages her mainly because he wants her close. at the same time, i understand why she’d feel guilty living off someone else’s money. it's a sad, but also complicated dynamic.