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Selected Stories
- GenresRussian Literature
391 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Vladimir Korolenko
502 books74 followersVladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Russian: Владимир Галактионович Короленко) was journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian. His short stories were known for their harsh description of nature based on his experience of exile in Siberia. Korolenko was a strong critic of the Tsarist regime and in his final years of the Bolsheviks.
Korolenko's first short stories were published in 1879. However, his literary career was interrupted that year when he was arrested for revolutionary activity and exiled to the Vyatka region for five years. In 1881 he refused to swear allegiance to the new Tsar Alexander III and was exiled farther, to Yakutia.
Upon his return from the exile, he had more stories published. Makar's Dream (Сон Макара, Son Makara) established his reputation as a writer when it was published in 1885. The story, based on a dying peasant's dream of heaven, was translated and published in English in 1892.
Korolenko settled in Nizhniy Novgorod shortly afterwards and continued publishing popular short stories. He published a novel Слепой музыкант (Slepoi Musykant) in 1886, which was published in English as The Blind Musician in 1896-1898.
After visiting the Chicago exhibition during 1893, Korolenko wrote the story Without Language (Без языка, Bez Yazyka) based on what happens to a Ukrainian peasant who immigrates to the USA. His final story Мгновение (Mgnovenie, "Blink of an Eye"), was published in 1900.
By then, Korolenko was well established among Russian writers. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences but resigned in 1902 when Maxim Gorky was expelled as a member because of his revolutionary activities. (Anton Chekhov resigned from the Academy for the same reason).
In 1895, Korolenko became the editor of the periodical Russkoe Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth) and used this position to criticise alleged injustices occurring under the tsar. He also used his position to publish reviews of important pieces of literature such as Chekhov's final play The Cherry Orchard in 1904.
Vladimir Korolenko was a lifetime opponent of Czarism and reservedly welcomed the Russian Revolution of 1917. However, he soon opposed the Bolsheviks as their despotic nature became evident. During the Russian Civil War that ensued, he criticized both Red Terror and White Terror.
He worked on an autobiography История моего современника (Istoria moego sovremenika The History of My Contemporary.
Korolenko advocated for human rights and against injustices and persecutions on the basis of social class by his essay В Голодный год (During The Starving Year, 1891–1892), nationalism in his article Мултанское дело (The Multanskoye Affair, 1895–1896), and criticised[1] the anti-Semitic Beilis trial (in his Call to the Russian People in regard to the blood libel of the Jews, 1911–1913).
He died in Poltava in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 25, 1921.
Korolenko's first short stories were published in 1879. However, his literary career was interrupted that year when he was arrested for revolutionary activity and exiled to the Vyatka region for five years. In 1881 he refused to swear allegiance to the new Tsar Alexander III and was exiled farther, to Yakutia.
Upon his return from the exile, he had more stories published. Makar's Dream (Сон Макара, Son Makara) established his reputation as a writer when it was published in 1885. The story, based on a dying peasant's dream of heaven, was translated and published in English in 1892.
Korolenko settled in Nizhniy Novgorod shortly afterwards and continued publishing popular short stories. He published a novel Слепой музыкант (Slepoi Musykant) in 1886, which was published in English as The Blind Musician in 1896-1898.
After visiting the Chicago exhibition during 1893, Korolenko wrote the story Without Language (Без языка, Bez Yazyka) based on what happens to a Ukrainian peasant who immigrates to the USA. His final story Мгновение (Mgnovenie, "Blink of an Eye"), was published in 1900.
By then, Korolenko was well established among Russian writers. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences but resigned in 1902 when Maxim Gorky was expelled as a member because of his revolutionary activities. (Anton Chekhov resigned from the Academy for the same reason).
In 1895, Korolenko became the editor of the periodical Russkoe Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth) and used this position to criticise alleged injustices occurring under the tsar. He also used his position to publish reviews of important pieces of literature such as Chekhov's final play The Cherry Orchard in 1904.
Vladimir Korolenko was a lifetime opponent of Czarism and reservedly welcomed the Russian Revolution of 1917. However, he soon opposed the Bolsheviks as their despotic nature became evident. During the Russian Civil War that ensued, he criticized both Red Terror and White Terror.
He worked on an autobiography История моего современника (Istoria moego sovremenika The History of My Contemporary.
Korolenko advocated for human rights and against injustices and persecutions on the basis of social class by his essay В Голодный год (During The Starving Year, 1891–1892), nationalism in his article Мултанское дело (The Multanskoye Affair, 1895–1896), and criticised[1] the anti-Semitic Beilis trial (in his Call to the Russian People in regard to the blood libel of the Jews, 1911–1913).
He died in Poltava in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 25, 1921.
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March 29, 2023
This review corresponds to several short stories from Korolenko's "Short fiction" by StandardEbooks, not necessarily the same as the edition I found on goodreads.
-Easter Night (2 stars)
-Sketches of a Siberian tourist (3 stars)
-In two moods (3 stars)
-The shades (3 stars)
-Lights (3 stars)
-The last ray (4 stars)
-The old bell ringer (3 stars)
-Easter Night (2 stars)
-Sketches of a Siberian tourist (3 stars)
-In two moods (3 stars)
-The shades (3 stars)
-Lights (3 stars)
-The last ray (4 stars)
-The old bell ringer (3 stars)
March 17, 2022
Ya que no hallé el libro preciso que estoy leyendo utilicé este como base para plasmar lo que leí. Dentro de este libro incluí:
Novelas
Estudiantes 3/5
El homicida 3/5
No es para asustarse 3/5
Los postillones del zar 3/5
Aves del cielo 3/5
Cuentos
La tentación 3/5
Señores feudales 3/5
En lo personal me fue un poco difícil acelerar mi ritmo porque son historias relativamente cortas, de modo que tenía que hacer borrón y cuenta nueva con respecto de los personajes.
Dentro de las historias de este libro se retrata la búsqueda, de conocimiento en "Estudiantes" cómo vida académica es tan docente de la vida cotidiana.
En "el homicida" ,"no es para asustarse", "los postillones del zar" y "señores feudales" se retrata de forma más directa la vida y desafíos de la vida cotidiana, el matrimonio, el trabajo, el deber, las jerarquías sociales y los retos espirituales de cada elemento de la sociedad.
"Aves en el cielo" se desarrolla más en lo que respecta la vida eclesiástica, así como "tentación" es un paraje que habla sobre la vida en la cárcel y la fantasía de la libertad.
En general, me agradaron las historias por ser sumamente palpables, reales, sin embargo les faltó un giro un poco más drástico a mi parecer♡.
Novelas
Estudiantes 3/5
El homicida 3/5
No es para asustarse 3/5
Los postillones del zar 3/5
Aves del cielo 3/5
Cuentos
La tentación 3/5
Señores feudales 3/5
En lo personal me fue un poco difícil acelerar mi ritmo porque son historias relativamente cortas, de modo que tenía que hacer borrón y cuenta nueva con respecto de los personajes.
Dentro de las historias de este libro se retrata la búsqueda, de conocimiento en "Estudiantes" cómo vida académica es tan docente de la vida cotidiana.
En "el homicida" ,"no es para asustarse", "los postillones del zar" y "señores feudales" se retrata de forma más directa la vida y desafíos de la vida cotidiana, el matrimonio, el trabajo, el deber, las jerarquías sociales y los retos espirituales de cada elemento de la sociedad.
"Aves en el cielo" se desarrolla más en lo que respecta la vida eclesiástica, así como "tentación" es un paraje que habla sobre la vida en la cárcel y la fantasía de la libertad.
En general, me agradaron las historias por ser sumamente palpables, reales, sin embargo les faltó un giro un poco más drástico a mi parecer♡.
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