October 01, 1999

Pushkin's Heir


“Our public is still so young and naive that it fails to understand a fable unless it finds a lesson at its end.”

From the author’s introduction to A Hero of our Time

“Why did I not want to set out on that path fate had opened to me, where quiet joys and heartfelt calm awaited me? ... 


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