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Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.0

a 'little' man. a little girl. cold SPB.
mutual yet timid love/empathy. money talks. money always talks.

Direct references to Pushkin (Belkin) and the Overcoat.

P.S. Every time I come back to this work, I recall how Makar tried to persuade Varvara not to leave him in his misery. The poor help each other. They depend on each other. Yet they also keep each other in poverty.