This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/my-beloved-barbara-alexievnai-hasten-to-let-you-know-that-rataziaev-has-found-me. Goodbye now, as I must begin upon my labours.—Your sincere friend, MAKAR DIEVUSHKIN. Check more stories related to writing at: https://hackernoon.com/c/writing. You can also check exclusive content about #novel, #fiction, #hackernoon-books, #project-gutenberg, #books, #fyodor-dostoyevsky, #epistolary-novel, #poor-folk, and more. This story was written by: @dostoyevsky. Learn more about this writer by checking @dostoyevsky's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. MY BELOVED BARBARA ALEXIEVNA,—I hasten to let you know that Rataziaev has found me some work to do for a certain writer—the latter having submitted to him a large manuscript. Glory be to God, for this means a large amount of work to do. Yet, though the copy is wanted in haste, the original is so carelessly written that I hardly know how to set about my task. Indeed, certain parts of the manuscript are almost undecipherable. I have agreed to do the work for forty kopecks a sheet. You see therefore (and this is my true reason for writing to you), that we shall soon be receiving money from an extraneous source. Goodbye now, as I must begin upon my labours.—Your sincere friend,