The Looking Glass of St. Petersburg. Journey into history
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The Looking Glass of St. Petersburg. Journey into history
6.99 €
The city on the Neva is rediscovered for readers, because the author's style of presenting information is unique: first a quote from a famous work or memoir is taken, and Catherine supplements it with her own fabrications and information from reliable sources, thus introducing her readers to the history of her native city.
So, book one... In it we will look into the windows, in which the gambling-obsessed hero of "Queen of Spades" Hermann looked through, hoping to penetrate into the mysterious house and scout the card secret grumpy old woman granny. We will find out where Dostoevsky hurried home to ask the mistress for a candle, lock himself in his room and continue to create. Let's read where the young poet Dmitry Merezhkovsky brought his young wife Zinaida Gippius to meet his parents... And here is the very building, past which the fictional heroes of Valentin Pikul, the poor Kurnosovs, dreaming of riches and admiral's glory, licked and peered through the windows.... The walls of old St. Petersburg houses have preserved the images of their heroes, real and fictional, and we, tens and hundreds of years later, if we just pull the shaky thread of time, we will be able to hear their soft and quiet, sharp and soft, sad and joyful voices coming from the open windows.
So, book one... In it we will look into the windows, in which the gambling-obsessed hero of "Queen of Spades" Hermann looked through, hoping to penetrate into the mysterious house and scout the card secret grumpy old woman granny. We will find out where Dostoevsky hurried home to ask the mistress for a candle, lock himself in his room and continue to create. Let's read where the young poet Dmitry Merezhkovsky brought his young wife Zinaida Gippius to meet his parents... And here is the very building, past which the fictional heroes of Valentin Pikul, the poor Kurnosovs, dreaming of riches and admiral's glory, licked and peered through the windows.... The walls of old St. Petersburg houses have preserved the images of their heroes, real and fictional, and we, tens and hundreds of years later, if we just pull the shaky thread of time, we will be able to hear their soft and quiet, sharp and soft, sad and joyful voices coming from the open windows.
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