1845年5月,陀思妥耶夫斯基写完了第一部长篇小说《穷人》。他对自己这部作品毫无信心,不敢投寄杂志社,怕编辑不愿看。后来,由他在军事工程学校的同学格里哥罗维奇拿去给诗人涅克拉索夫看。涅克拉索夫从黄昏一直读到深夜。读完后,他深受感动,连夜同格里哥罗维奇去拜访陀思妥耶夫斯基。当他们敲开陀思妥耶夫斯基的房门时,还只清晨四点钟。接着,涅克拉索夫拿着《穷人》书稿去找別林斯基。他一进门就喊道:“一个新的果戈理诞生了!”别林斯基带着嘲讽的口气回答说:“你们那里的果戈理象雨后春笋般的多”。但是,别林斯基还是接过了稿子。后来他试着读,准备看几页就睡觉。结果,他整夜没睡,把小说全部读完了,并 In May 1845 Dostoyevsky wrote his first novel, The Poor. He had no confidence in his own work and did not dare to send it to the magazine for fear of editing. Later, by his colleague in military engineering school, Gregorovitch took to look to the poet Nekrasov. Nekrasov read late into the night from dusk. After reading it, he was greatly moved and visited Dostoyevsky with Gregoryovic overnight. It was only four o’clock in the morning when they opened the door to Dostoyevsky. Then, Nekrasov took Belinda with his “poor manuscript.” As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: “The birth of a new Gogol!” Belinsky replied with a sarcastic tone: “The Gogol in your country is mushroomed.” However, Belinsky took the manuscript. Later he tried to read, ready to see a few pages to sleep. As a result, he did not sleep all night, read the novel all, and