Criticism

“I am not a fatalist, but one sectarian belief arouses in me a gloomy confidence: death takes away a person when everything, both good and bad, that life cou...

“It’s heavy and vague in a person’s soul. Like a cat that was taken in a bag far from home and released in the middle of an unfamiliar road, he stands in lif...

“Mr. Chekhov chose a very suitable title for his new small collection of stories. In general, they really resemble twilight, when the fading light does not g...

“Before the theater doors even close, art exhibitions begin, the number of which grows every year, then concerts, more concerts, more exhibitions. And all th...

Criticism of M. Gorky’s early stories: “In the Steppe”, “Konovalov”, “Old Woman Izergil”, “Makar Chudra”, “Chelkash”.

“Gr. Tolstoy expresses both his thoughts and the facts that confirm or supposedly confirm them with such stunning confidence that I do not dare to talk about...

About Garshin’s story “Night”.

“Gleb Uspensky is one of the most beloved Russian writers. In addition to his enormous and completely original talent, which is generally recognized, he is s...

About Lermontov.

“If a person, even an extremely talented one, says or writes some kind of confusion and then returns to it again and again, trying to make ends meet, is this...

Complete works of F. M. Dostoevsky. Volumes II and III. St. Petersburg (1882)

“I just read his last novel “Demons” the other day, already in a separate edition, and after reading the following question came to my mind: why doesn’t Mr. ...