 The novel finishes with an enigmatic exchange between Netochka and Ovrov, Pyotr Alexandrovitch's secretary, that is suggestive of further development of the story relating to the love letter.The status of art and the artist, particularly the Romantic artist, was a subject of much literary discussion in the late 1840s, and "Netochka Nezvanova" was intended to be Dostoevsky's literary statement of his view on the issue.According to Joseph Frank, Dostoevsky's ultimate aim, though it remained unrealized, was "to portray a character that unites a dedication to art with an equally firm commitment to the highest moral-social ideals."