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Vladimir Odoyevsky

Born

in Moscow, Russian Empire

August 13, 1803

Died

March 11, 1869

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics

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Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (Russian: Владимир Федорович Одоевский) was a prominent Russian philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue. He became known as the "Russian Hoffmann" on account of his keen interest in phantasmagoric tales and musical criticism.

Aspiring to imitate Ludwig Tieck and Novalis, Odoyevsky published a number of tales for children (e.g., "The Snuff-Box Town") and fantastical stories for adults (e.g., "Cosmorama" and "Salamandra") imbued with the vague mysticism in the vein of Jakob Boehme and Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin.

Following the success of Pushkin's The Queen of Spades, Odoyevsky wrote a number of similar stories on the dissipated life of the Russian aristocracy (e.g., Princess Mimi a ...more

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	Городок в табакерке by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Alexander Koshkin (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1834 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Russian Nights by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Olga Koshansky-Olienikov (Translation), Ralph E. Matlaw (Translation, introduction) 3.66 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1844 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters 3.60 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1835 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Salamander and Other Gothic Tales by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Neil Cornwell (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Сильфида by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Владимир Фёдорович Одоевский 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1837 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Princesses by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Neil Cornwell (Translator), Bridget Kendall (Foreword) 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1834	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ρώσικες χριστουγεννιάτικες ιστορίες by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky 3.97 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Анекдоты о муравьях by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Владимир Фёдорович Одоевский 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мороз Иванович by Vladimir Odoyevsky, Владимир Фёдорович Одоевский 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1842 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Саламандра [Salamandra] 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1844 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The soulless have no need of melancholia”
― Vladimir Odoyevsky, The Salamander and Other Gothic Tales

tags: depression, melancholy

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“Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics.”
― Vladimir Odoevsky

tags: politicians, politics

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“Pride is the chalice into which all human sins are poured: it glitters and jingles and its arabesque lures your gaze, while your lips involuntarily touch the seductive beverage.”
― Vladimir Odoevsky

tags: pride

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