Poor people. White Nights. The boy at Christ on the Christmas tree

The book includes the famous works of Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881): the novel "Poor People", the story "White Nights" and the Christmas story "The boy at Christ on the Christmas tree".
Roman in the letters "Poor People" (1845) brought Dostoevsky a great fame. It was reflected in the social problems of the St. Petersburg society of the mid -19th century. After reading it, Belinsky wrote that Dostoevsky is “the name is completely unknown and new, but to which it seems to be destined to play a significant role in our literature.”
Dostoevsky’s story "White Nights" (1848) is also called "sentimental novel". Her hero is a poor dreamer who suffers from loneliness. Farming up for several days illuminates his life, but his feelings are destined to remain unanswered.
In the Christmas story "The boy at Christ on the Christmas tree" (1876) Dostoevsky raises the theme of an abandoned and hungry child characteristic of his work. In dying dreams, the freezing boy comes true: he finds himself at the New Year"s holiday - the "Christ"s Christmas tree".
For secondary school age