Vsevolod Krestovsky. Petersburg slums (set of 2 books). Deluxe edition bound in leather

Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky — Russian poet and prose writer, literary critic; father of the writer M. V. D., historian and sculptor I. V. Krestovsky, the artist's grandfather Yaroslav Krestovsky.⠀
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Description:
The novel "Petersburg slums" was written and published Vsevolod Krestovsky in the years 1864-67 and immediately gained notoriety. According to the testimony of one of his contemporaries Krestovsky (F. Berg), "Despite all that has been written against this work, the novel "Petersburg slums" should be recognized as an outstanding by its social and artistic value..." Sketch by nature chapters of the novel - the description of doss houses, brothels, prison cells and public houses on one side and luxury homes of aristocrats and the orgies of the rich "playboy" on the other, linked bizarre intersecting story lines. When the work is still only beginning to be published, its readers, according to the same F. Berg, "...comprised of groups visited and described by Vsevolod Vladimirovich places." "Petersburg slums" is a strong novel, which with good reason can be called a "Gangster Petersburg of the XIX century", with the "tightly wound" and surprisingly modern story. None of the subsequent "Slum" works of Central was unable to repeat his success.

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