Literary-Blog
"White Nights" ( Fyodor Dostoevsky )
Well written prose often spark my curiosity and, almost always, prompt the question, what I would do in that circumstance? In the case of the following passage I wonder, would...
"White Nights" ( Fyodor Dostoevsky )
Well written prose often spark my curiosity and, almost always, prompt the question, what I would do in that circumstance? In the case of the following passage I wonder, would...
St. Petersburg to Moscow
Passage from Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow, an 18th century fictionalized journey along a postal route, by Alexander Radishychev "After suppering with my friends, I settled in the carriage. As...
St. Petersburg to Moscow
Passage from Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow, an 18th century fictionalized journey along a postal route, by Alexander Radishychev "After suppering with my friends, I settled in the carriage. As...
Child's Paradise Disappears
In the novel Basti, an Urdu word that refers to a human settlement, the reader sees the world through the eyes of child, as a paradise of brightly colored birds,...
Child's Paradise Disappears
In the novel Basti, an Urdu word that refers to a human settlement, the reader sees the world through the eyes of child, as a paradise of brightly colored birds,...
The House of the Dead
Picture this: a Siberian winter so cold it steals your breath, turning it to ice before it leaves your lips. Inside a squalid, overcrowded prison barracks, a former aristocrat –...
The House of the Dead
Picture this: a Siberian winter so cold it steals your breath, turning it to ice before it leaves your lips. Inside a squalid, overcrowded prison barracks, a former aristocrat –...
Tale of Two Cities
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”, from ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, is undoubtedly one of the most famous opening excerpts in literature. The...
Tale of Two Cities
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”, from ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, is undoubtedly one of the most famous opening excerpts in literature. The...
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Dostoevsky’s short story The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) explores several profound philosophical and existential themes, characteristic of his later works. The dream sequence presents an Eden-like civilization untouched...
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Dostoevsky’s short story The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) explores several profound philosophical and existential themes, characteristic of his later works. The dream sequence presents an Eden-like civilization untouched...