Literary-Blog
"..vexation seethes in our breasts.."
Most of the nineteenth-century Russian writers and thinkers lived and worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In spite of the stresses of urban living, they were fully aware of the...
"..vexation seethes in our breasts.."
Most of the nineteenth-century Russian writers and thinkers lived and worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow. In spite of the stresses of urban living, they were fully aware of the...
"Tranquility...the sign of power"
Today’s passage blog is from Mikhail Lermontov’s “Princess Mary” an 1840 novella contained in his novel “A Hero of Our Time.” The story is told through diary entries of the...
"Tranquility...the sign of power"
Today’s passage blog is from Mikhail Lermontov’s “Princess Mary” an 1840 novella contained in his novel “A Hero of Our Time.” The story is told through diary entries of the...
"What is Art?" asked Tolstoy.
Today’s passage is from one of Tolstoi’s later philosophical and polemical writings, “What is Art?”. This book contains so many beautiful proses reflective of Tolstoi’s opinions on what art during...
"What is Art?" asked Tolstoy.
Today’s passage is from one of Tolstoi’s later philosophical and polemical writings, “What is Art?”. This book contains so many beautiful proses reflective of Tolstoi’s opinions on what art during...
Thickets and pine trees covered the far side of...
As a child Pushkin would spend the summer months at his grandmother’s country house at Zakharovo located about thirty miles from Moscow. The house, with its two wings and flowers...
Thickets and pine trees covered the far side of...
As a child Pushkin would spend the summer months at his grandmother’s country house at Zakharovo located about thirty miles from Moscow. The house, with its two wings and flowers...
To My Son Alexander: "..we eliminate the old lie."
Upon completion and publication of his collection of articles and essays in “From the Other Shore.”, Alexander Herzen wrote a letter dedicating the book to his fifteen year old son....
To My Son Alexander: "..we eliminate the old lie."
Upon completion and publication of his collection of articles and essays in “From the Other Shore.”, Alexander Herzen wrote a letter dedicating the book to his fifteen year old son....
The Guide: "...still lost on the snow-covered s...
While traveling by sleigh to a remote military outpost Petrusha, one of the main characters in this passage from Pushkin’s, “The Captain's Daughter”, and his servant, Savelich, become lost in...
The Guide: "...still lost on the snow-covered s...
While traveling by sleigh to a remote military outpost Petrusha, one of the main characters in this passage from Pushkin’s, “The Captain's Daughter”, and his servant, Savelich, become lost in...