The image of the hero in the L. Andreev's “Story about Sergey Petrovich”

The typological connection of the hero from the “Story about Sergey Petrovich” by L. N. Andreev with the images of the “small person” in “The Overcoat” by N. V. Gogol and “Poor People” by F. M. Dostoevsky is analysed. After Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” the world outlook of the “small person” becomes more complicated, and the parallels of Sergei Petrovich’s ideas with Raskolnikov’s arguments can be traced.