“The flames of war and strife devastated Spain; The Spanish people fought against the power of Napoleon. A trail of blood among the ashes marked the path of ...

“You definitely want me to tell you something. If you please. - But now I’m not in such a mood as to amuse you with stories about the Thief Fox, the Honest C...

“For the first time for six years, I found myself in the society of Writers and so-called lovers of Literature, right here, at a housewarming party. In these...

“Have you read Onegin? What do you think of Onegin? What do you say about Onegin? – These are the questions repeated incessantly among writers and Russian re...

“As the sun rises, the nanny enters the bedchamber of Hawthorn, who sits on a bench covered with a carpet, in front of a small mirror, and straightens her lo...

Thaddei Venediktovich Bulgarin (1789–1859) is one of the key figures in Russian literature of the first half of the 19th century. Fierce polemics with A.S. P...