''In the Vortex'' (russian: В водовороте, translit=V vodovorote) is a novel by
Alexey Pisemsky written in 1870 and first published in ''Beseda'' magazine's Nos. 1-6,
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
, issues. Initially dismissed by critics of the democratic camp as just another 'anti-nihilist' novel (alongside
Daniil Mordovtsev
Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev (; December 19, 1830 in Danilovka, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire – June 23, 1905 in Kislovodsk, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer and historian.
Biography
Mordovtsev was born in Danilovka, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ...
's ''Sign of the Times'' and
Nikolai Bazhin's ''The History of One Community'', both 1869) aimed at discrediting the revolutionary movement, later it came to be recognized as one of Pisemsky's most sophisticated works.
Lev Tolstoy praised ''In the Vortex'' for its compositional intricacy, while
Nikolai Leskov considered it to be the best of Pisemsky's novels.
References
External links
''В водовороте'' The original Russian text
1870 Russian novels
Novels by Aleksey Pisemsky
Novels set in 19th-century Russia
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