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The Murmuring Forest And Other Stories
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295 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1886
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About the author
Vladimir Korolenko
508 books73 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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October 9, 2017
ولادیمیر گالا کیتو نویچ کارولنکو (1853 ـ 1921) نویسندهی برجستهی روس با لئو تولستوی و آنتون چخوف و ماکسیم گورکی معاصر بود و آنان برای آثارش ارزش بسزایی قایل بودند.
ماکسیم گورکی در بارهء آثار اونوشته:
در هر یک از صفحات آثار او تبسم انسانی و خردمندانه، روحی بزرگ و مجرب و فکور را احساس می کنی.
از معروف ترین آثار آو - رویای ماکار - قاتل - هیاهوی جنگل است
ماکسیم گورکی در بارهء آثار اونوشته:
در هر یک از صفحات آثار او تبسم انسانی و خردمندانه، روحی بزرگ و مجرب و فکور را احساس می کنی.
از معروف ترین آثار آو - رویای ماکار - قاتل - هیاهوی جنگل است
March 23, 2015
Really surprised to see no one else has rated this book. Its a wonderful short story collection and unarguably , a priceless jewel for the Russian short story literature. "The Murmuring Forest" is an absolutely amazing short story. It reminds me so much of Jack London's "Call of the Wild". A must read for the fans of Russian short stories.
December 6, 2018
ضجيج الغابة
لا تضمن هذا للمستقبل . لا تضمن هذا amice
هكذا الحال منذ قرون , لكل شأنه , كل يتبع دروبه , ومن يدري ...لعل من الخير أن يكون دربك قد التقى بدربنا .
لا تضمن هذا للمستقبل . لا تضمن هذا amice
هكذا الحال منذ قرون , لكل شأنه , كل يتبع دروبه , ومن يدري ...لعل من الخير أن يكون دربك قد التقى بدربنا .
August 30, 2025
The murmuring forest by Vladimir Korolenko (1916) is a story about a grandfather in the deep forest that is telling a story for a hunter that heading home before the storm hits. Once upon a time, his ancestor Roman lived as a wood cutter and hunter in the cabin. One day the lord of the manor wanted him to marry a girl named Oksana. Roman was happy without marrying – but the lord forced whipped him until he accepted the marriage. She then moved into the cabin. A fiddler named Opanas tried to convince the lord that Oksana should marry him instead – but the lord wanted her to live with Roman – the simple minded. He whipped them both a bit more. A bit later Oksana born a child – which died soon after. A rumour spread that the father was some one else (The lord?). But now Roman was happy since he could be sure that the next child would be his. A bit later the lord visited the house – but a fight broke out and the fiddler killed the lord. The story evolved so that both Roman and Oksana lived happily ever after – with Opan visiting from time to time to the house – the relatives of the grandfather that is telling the story. “The forest god” is deciding the future of those who enter the vicinity. Two different children – one from the loyal but simple minded Roman – and one from the creator (Of music) and destroyer (Of the lords life) Opan. Oksana a female nature that follows the changes in the book and centre of attention. Did not expect this good story from such a short novel! (34 pages). I read this story as part of book number 8 in the Russian classics series by tiden (In Swedish language).
March 4, 2024
"Los ruidos del bosque" me ha gustado bastante ligero y tristemente bonito, pero la que más me ha gustado es "Los postillones del Zar" que no es una historia, si no un reflejo de como vivian los campesinos que se dedicaban a guiar al correo y los viajeros hacía Siberia, la dureza y la tristeza de su existencia, y la imposibilidad de cambiar esta.
9/10
9/10
May 22, 2021
( في المجتمع الفاسد - ضجيج الغابة - فتاة غريبة ) ثلاث قصص طويلة وقصة قصيرة (الأضواء) كخاتمة لآمال كورلينكو.
القصص شجية وحزينة وجميلة جدا. زمن كتابة القصص مابين في أواخر القرن التاسع عشر ما بين ١٨٨٠ إلى ١٩٠٠
القصص شجية وحزينة وجميلة جدا. زمن كتابة القصص مابين في أواخر القرن التاسع عشر ما بين ١٨٨٠ إلى ١٩٠٠
December 23, 2024
Pure beauté
April 10, 2025
Oxana, you have a kind heart.
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