General
The David McDuff translation (1996).
Original timeline of publication
Published in the journal Russki Westnik (Русский вестник)
- January 1866: Part 1
- February 1866: Part 2
- April 1866: Part 3
- June 1866: Part 4 Chapters I-IV
- July 1866: Part 4 Chapters V-VI and Part 5 Chapters I-III
- August 1866: Part 5 Chapters IV-V
- November 1866: Part 6 Chapters I-VI
- December 1866: Part 6 Chapters VII-VIII and Epilogue
Money in 1865 Russia
Money plays a fundamental role thorough the lifes of the characters
McDuff provides a short overview at the beginning, which is sommuarized below:
- grosh - 0.5 copeck
- kopeyka - 1 copeck
- pyatak - 5 copeck
- grivennik - 10 copeck
- dvugrivennyy - 20 copeck
- poltinnik - 50 copeck
- zholtyy bilet - 1 rouble, also referred to as yellow ticket/card
(in reference to the yellow passport prostitutes had to carry during that time), biletiki ("little tickets")
- sinie bilety, or "bluebacks" - 5 roubles
- krasnye bilety, or "redbacks" - 10 roubles
- raduzhnyy bilet, or "rainbow note" - 100 roubles