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On A Moonlit Night (Kuprin)
"On a Moonlit Night" (Лунной ночью, Lunnoi noch'iu) is a short story by Alexander Kuprin originally published in ''Russkoye Bogatstvo'' magazine's November, 1893, issue. In 1911, unchanged, it appeared in ''Probuzhdeniye'' (Awakening) magazine (April 8 and 15), under the title ''Na perekryostke'' (На перекрёстке, At the Crossroads). In all the later compilations and compendiums the story featured under its original name.Rothstein, E. Notes and commentaries. The Works of A.I.Kuprin in 9 volumes. Pravda Publishers. The Ogonyok Library. Moscow, 1964. Vol. 1, p.489. Written in the years of Kuprin's military service, it was his third published work, following "The Psyche", to which "On a Moonlit Night" is similar in theme and mood. In a letter to Nikolai Mikhaylovsky Kuprin described it as 'a psychological etude'. Plot Gamov, the teacher of mathematics, is passionately in love with a beautiful girl who is openly scornful of him. Desperation drives him to blackm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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WikiProject Books
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kuprin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (russian: link=no, Александр Иванович Куприн; – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels ''The Duel'' (1905)Kuprin scholar Nicholas Luker, in his biography ''Alexander Kuprin'', calls ''The Duel'' his "greatest masterpiece" (chapter IV) and likewise literary critic Martin Seymour-Smith calls ''The Duel'' "his finest novel" (''The Guide to Modern World Literature'', p. 1051) and '' Yama: The Pit'' (1915), as well as ''Moloch'' (1896), '' Olesya'' (1898), " Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and '' The Garnet Bracelet'' (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie. Early life Aleksandr Kuprin was born 1870 in Narovchat, Penza, to Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin, a government official in Penza Governorate. and Liubov Alekseyevna Kuprina, Kulunchakova. His father was Russian, his mother belonged to a noble Volga Tatar family who had lost most of their wealth during the 19th century. Aleksandr had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russkoye Bogatstvo
''Russkoye Bogatstvo'' (russian: Русское богатство, Russian Wealth) was a monthly literary and political magazine published in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1876 to mid-1918. In the early 1890s it served as an organ of the liberal Narodniks. From 1906 it became an organ of the Popular Socialists The Popular Socialist Party () emerged in Russia in the early twentieth century. History The roots of the Popular Socialist Party (NSP) lay in the 'Legal Populist' movement of the 1890s, and its founders looked upon N.K. Mikhailovsky and Alex .... (See Footnote 5). References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khudozhestvennaya Literatura
Khudozhestvennaya Literatura (russian: Художественная литература) is a publishing house in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The name means "fiction literature" in Russian. It specializes in the publishing of Russian and foreign works of literary fiction in Russia. History It was founded as the State Publishing House of Fiction in Moscow, the Soviet Union on October 1, 1930 on the basis of the literary and artistic sector of the State Publishing House and the publishing house "Land and Factory ". In 1934 it was renamed Goslitizdat. In 1937, the disbanded publishing house ''Academia'' was merged into it. Since 1963, it has been called the Publishing House "Khudozhestvennaya Literatura" (IHL). The publishing house produces classic works of world fiction, as well as the most significant works of contemporary foreign authors. Contemporary Russian authors were included in the plan only if they were part of the group of the most famous writers, generally recognized "c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1893. Events *January 14 – Kate Chopin's short stories "Désirée's Baby" and "A Visit to Avoyelles" appear in ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' magazine in the United States. *February/March – The 22-year-old Stephen Crane pays for publication of his first book, the Bowery novella ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'', under the pseudonym "Johnston Smith" in New York city, New York. Coming to be considered a pioneering example of American literary realism, the first trade edition (rewritten) comes out in 1896 in literature, 1896 after Crane has attained fame with ''The Red Badge of Courage''. *April 19 – Oscar Wilde's social comedy ''A Woman of No Importance'' receives its first performance at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Mrs. Bernard Beere and Julia Neilson. *May 2 – Swedish dramatist August Strindberg, 44, begins a brief marriage with Austrian writer Frida Uhl, 21. *May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Mikhaylovsky
Nikolay Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky () (, Meshchovsk–, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian literary critic, sociologist, writer on public affairs, and one of the theoreticians of the Narodniki movement. Biography The school of thinkers he belonged to become famous in Russian Empire , Russia in the 1870s and 1880s as exponents of political and economic reforms. He contributed to ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' from 1869 until its suppression in 1884. He became co-editor of ''Severny Vestnik'' in 1873, and from 1890 until his death in 1904 served as co-editor of ''Russkoye Bogatstvo'' ("Russian Treasure") with Vladimir Korolenko. His collected writings were published in 1913. Thought Social philosophy In his works, Mikhaylovsky developed the idea of the relationship between the hero and the masses (crowd). Contrary to the ideas popular among revolutionary-minded people of the late 19th-early 20th centuries that an individual having strong character or talent is able to fulfil incr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include ''Crime and Punishment'' (1866), ''The Idiot'' (1869), ''Demons'' (1872), and ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1880). His 1864 novella, ''Notes from Underground'', is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Short Stories
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
