Literary-Blog
"..with plumage bright as frosty dawns,.."
During the turmoil of the 1917 Russian Revolution, it was common for the families, with their chattels, of the partisans to follow the army as it moved to various locations....
"..with plumage bright as frosty dawns,.."
During the turmoil of the 1917 Russian Revolution, it was common for the families, with their chattels, of the partisans to follow the army as it moved to various locations....
"Civilization Is A Veneer"
“A camp is a negative school of life. No one ever gets anything worthwhile out of it….A man becomes less, not more.” -Varlam Shalamov- During his imprisonment in Soviet prison...
"Civilization Is A Veneer"
“A camp is a negative school of life. No one ever gets anything worthwhile out of it….A man becomes less, not more.” -Varlam Shalamov- During his imprisonment in Soviet prison...
Truth Is A Virtue
In Alexander Pushkin’s “The Captain’s Daughter”, Pyotr Grinyov is a young noble caught in a violent uprising known as Pugachev’s Rebellion. Pushkin uses this character to contrast how truth becomes...
Truth Is A Virtue
In Alexander Pushkin’s “The Captain’s Daughter”, Pyotr Grinyov is a young noble caught in a violent uprising known as Pugachev’s Rebellion. Pushkin uses this character to contrast how truth becomes...
Not just a writer--but a Russian writer
There’s a small town about eighty miles south of Moscow called Tarusa —a quiet place of rolling fields, birch groves, and slow, winding rivers. It’s the kind of town that...
Not just a writer--but a Russian writer
There’s a small town about eighty miles south of Moscow called Tarusa —a quiet place of rolling fields, birch groves, and slow, winding rivers. It’s the kind of town that...
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
In the following passage from Chapter 11 in Part 2 from “Resurrection”, Tolstoy critiques intellectual elitism and empty philosophical debates. The lawyer dismisses deep questions with sarcasm. He reduces profound...
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
In the following passage from Chapter 11 in Part 2 from “Resurrection”, Tolstoy critiques intellectual elitism and empty philosophical debates. The lawyer dismisses deep questions with sarcasm. He reduces profound...
The Man In The Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
"It was the 15th of August, about eleven o'clock at night; thick clouds, portending a tempest, overspread the sky, and shrouded all light and prospect beneath their heavy folds. The...
The Man In The Mask (Alexandre Dumas)
"It was the 15th of August, about eleven o'clock at night; thick clouds, portending a tempest, overspread the sky, and shrouded all light and prospect beneath their heavy folds. The...