fascinating biographies
10 living today descendants of great Russian writers: Pushkin, Sholokhov, Dostoevsky and others
Their ancestors left behind not only a huge creative heritage. Many of them had children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, whose descendants live today. Some of them prefer to lead a modest life,…

Continue reading →

<a href="http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/easy-random-posts/" title="Easy Random Posts">Easy Random Posts</a>
10 books that made their authors millionaires
Many writers dream of a book that will not only make the author famous, but also bring him a very solid fees. Some of them succeed. Their books are published…

Continue reading →

happiness

7 books, all the wisdom of which becomes clear only in adulthood

Many books of classics are recommended for reading in the school curriculum or extracurricular reading. But in fact, even high school students are not always able to fully understand the meaning of the work. The experiences of the characters and the reasons for their actions are understandable only to people who have behind shoulders already have some experience. In today’s collection of books recommended for reading in adulthood.

Ivan Goncharov, “Oblomov»

When reading the novel by Ivan Goncharov in adulthood, it suddenly turns out that there are no negative and positive characters in it. Everything, as in life: there is no only black and white. Continue reading →

Posted in Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy, phenomenon
As an atheist Leo Tolstoy looked into Oblivion: What made the great writer to overestimate life
In the life of Leo Tolstoy once there was a strange case when the writer either became a victim of an attack, or met face to face with something otherworldly,…

...

The arbiter of fate: How did the famous Russian writers of the Silver age get a start in life thanks to Zinaida hippius
Perhaps, there was no more controversial figure in the Russian literary society of the Silver age than Zinaida hippius. She was considered one of the most beautiful and intelligent women…

...

What movies starred by Vladimir Mayakovsky, where he was a Director and writer
Vladimir Mayakovsky's love for cinema began when the poet was just 13 years old. In 1906 his family moved to Moscow. The capital struck the boy with noise and brilliance,…

...

Inconvenient Mikhail Sholokhov: Who and why attempted the life of the Soviet Nobel laureate
A famous writer, Nobel prize winner in literature led a modest, almost reclusive life. He spent his bonuses, as they would say, on charity, and he was not afraid of…

...

Genius-brawler: Because of what Ivan Turgenev quarreled with famous Russian writers
On the books of Ivan Turgenev grew more than one generation. His works make you think, inspire, fascinate. And it's hard to imagine that their author has earned a reputation…

...