Birds of Heaven and Other Stories
BIRDS OF HEAVEN, and Other Stories, by Vladimir Korolenko. Translated by Clarence Augustus Manning.

230 Pages. Complete and Unabridged!

A high literary quality and that strange beauty that the Russian masters are capable of weaving Into their stories distinguish this collection of five pleasing and interesting stories. Turgenev and some of the other Russian masters show their greatest skill by depicting a situation of utter gloom, the very depths of sordidness, but Korolenko effects a distinct contrast by his touches of spiritual beauty. This ability is shown with particular power in "On the Volga," where the characters become involved in quarrel over whether making the sign of the cross with the fist has any efficacy. A strong story, a story for thought, is told in a few and simple words and in a style that best shows the infinite skill of a master.

–The Interior, Volume 51 [1920]230 Pages
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Birds of Heaven and Other Stories
BIRDS OF HEAVEN, and Other Stories, by Vladimir Korolenko. Translated by Clarence Augustus Manning.

230 Pages. Complete and Unabridged!

A high literary quality and that strange beauty that the Russian masters are capable of weaving Into their stories distinguish this collection of five pleasing and interesting stories. Turgenev and some of the other Russian masters show their greatest skill by depicting a situation of utter gloom, the very depths of sordidness, but Korolenko effects a distinct contrast by his touches of spiritual beauty. This ability is shown with particular power in "On the Volga," where the characters become involved in quarrel over whether making the sign of the cross with the fist has any efficacy. A strong story, a story for thought, is told in a few and simple words and in a style that best shows the infinite skill of a master.

–The Interior, Volume 51 [1920]230 Pages
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BIRDS OF HEAVEN, and Other Stories, by Vladimir Korolenko. Translated by Clarence Augustus Manning.

230 Pages. Complete and Unabridged!

A high literary quality and that strange beauty that the Russian masters are capable of weaving Into their stories distinguish this collection of five pleasing and interesting stories. Turgenev and some of the other Russian masters show their greatest skill by depicting a situation of utter gloom, the very depths of sordidness, but Korolenko effects a distinct contrast by his touches of spiritual beauty. This ability is shown with particular power in "On the Volga," where the characters become involved in quarrel over whether making the sign of the cross with the fist has any efficacy. A strong story, a story for thought, is told in a few and simple words and in a style that best shows the infinite skill of a master.

–The Interior, Volume 51 [1920]230 Pages

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781663510914
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 06/01/2020
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Vladimir G. Korolenko (27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian of Ukrainian and Polish origin. His best-known work include the short novel The Blind Musician (1886), as well as numerous short stories based upon his experience of exile in Siberia. Korolenko was a strong critic of the Tsarist regime and in his final years of the Bolsheviks.
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