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Петербургские трущобы. Том 1
Роман русского писателя В. В. Крестовского (1840 - 1895) - остросоциальный и вместе с тем - исторический. Автор одним из первых русских писателей обратился к уголовной почве, дну, и необыкновенно ярко, с беспощадным социальным анализом показал это дно в самых разных его проявлениях, в том числе и в связи его с "верхами" тогдашнего общества.
736 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1864
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Vsevolod Krestovsky
22 booksVsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (Russian: Всеволод Владимирович Крестовский; February 23, 1840 – January 30, 1895) was a Russian writer who worked in the city mysteries genre.
Krestovsky came from an old family of Ukrainian gentry. In 1857 he enrolled in the Historico-Philological faculty of St Petersburg University. At the University he became friends with the radical critic Dmitry Pisarev, and wrote for the magazine Russian Word.
After his short association with the radical camp, he joined a group of moderate slavophiles which included Apollon Maykov, Lev Mei and others, and began publishing his works in Notes of the Fatherland, Time and Epoch. In 1860 he left the University to become a professional writer. His novel The Slums of Saint Petersburg (1864), a product of many hours of personal observation, gained him considerable popularity.
In 1863 he traveled to Warsaw to take notes for his novel The Flock of Panurge (1869), about the January Uprising. In 1874 he wrote another novel, The Force, on the same subject. Both novels were reactionary in nature. In the 1880s Krestovsky became frankly and openly anti-Semitic in his political and social views. His blatantly anti-Semitic trilogy The Jews are Coming was published between 1888 and 1892. He died in Warsaw in 1895.
Krestovsky came from an old family of Ukrainian gentry. In 1857 he enrolled in the Historico-Philological faculty of St Petersburg University. At the University he became friends with the radical critic Dmitry Pisarev, and wrote for the magazine Russian Word.
After his short association with the radical camp, he joined a group of moderate slavophiles which included Apollon Maykov, Lev Mei and others, and began publishing his works in Notes of the Fatherland, Time and Epoch. In 1860 he left the University to become a professional writer. His novel The Slums of Saint Petersburg (1864), a product of many hours of personal observation, gained him considerable popularity.
In 1863 he traveled to Warsaw to take notes for his novel The Flock of Panurge (1869), about the January Uprising. In 1874 he wrote another novel, The Force, on the same subject. Both novels were reactionary in nature. In the 1880s Krestovsky became frankly and openly anti-Semitic in his political and social views. His blatantly anti-Semitic trilogy The Jews are Coming was published between 1888 and 1892. He died in Warsaw in 1895.
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February 3, 2021
Всеволод Крестовский - это такой русский Дюма. Он помещает выдуманных персонажей в реально существовавшую эпоху. Мне, как гиду, было особенно интересно прочитать про Петербург XIX века. Тем более, что автор провёл просто титаническую работу, собирая сленг, исследуя и нищету, и дворянские дворцы.
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