The writing age of the article "The Poor" is precisely the period when class contradictions in Russian history have intensified unprecedentedly. The feudal serfdom gradually collapsed, and the voice of the broad masses of the people against the czar's autocracy grew louder and louder, gradually forming the climax of the Russian bourgeois democratic revolution. During this period, the nobility and bourgeoisie drained the people's blood and sweat, lived in luxury and lost their morality; The broad masses of working people live in extreme poverty, but their moral sentiments are noble and simple. The novel The Poor Man truly reflects the miserable life and noble character of the working people in this historical period.