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Aleksey Pisemsky

Born

in Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire

March 23, 1821

Died

February 02, 1881

Genre

Novels, Fiction, Playwright

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Pisemsky was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s, but whose reputation suffered a spectacular decline after his fall-out with Sovremennik magazine in the early 1860s. A realistic playwright, along with Aleksandr Ostrovsky he was responsible for the first dramatization of ordinary people in the history of Russian theatre. Pisemsky's great narrative gift and exceptionally strong grip on reality make him one of the best Russian novelists.

Pisemsky's first novel Boyarschina 1847 was originally forbidden for its unflattering description of the Russian nobility. His principal novels are The Simpleton (1850), One Thousand Souls (1858), which is considered his best w ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 214 ratings · 15 reviews · 56 distinct works

	One Thousand Souls by Aleksey Pisemsky, Ivy Litvinov (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1871 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Simpleton by Aleksey Pisemsky, Ivy Litvinov (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1850 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La cumpăna veacului 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1869 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girdapta by Aleksey Pisemsky, Ergin Altay (Translator), Aleksey Feofilaktoviç Pisemski 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1871 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bitter Fate 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1863 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Боярщина by Aleksey Pisemsky, Алексей Писемский 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1858 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Питерщик by Aleksey Pisemsky, Алексей Писемский 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Виновата ли она? by Aleksey Pisemsky, Алексей Писемский really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1855 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le destin d'Anna Pavlovna 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Путевые очерки by Aleksey Pisemsky, Алексей Писемский really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“- Мне кажется, - начал я вслух, - что женщины в наше время довольно свободны...
- Чем же свободны? Может ли, например, женщина выйти или не выйти замуж?
- Конечно, может.
- Нет, не может, потому что над ней сейчас станут смеяться, назовут старою девушкою, скажут, что она зла; родные будут сердиться, тяготиться; на это не достанет никакого терпения.

Диалог Лидии Николаевны Ваньковской и автора.
- А.Ф. Писемский "Виновата ли она?”
― А.Ф. Писемский, Повести о любви. Сборник в двух томах. Том первый

tags: women, женщины

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“Женщина должна быть не суетна, а семьянинка, кротка, но не слабохарактерна, умна без педанства, великодушна без рисовки, не сентиментальна, но способна к привязанности искренней и глубокой...

Автор - Лидии Николаевне Ваньковской.
- А.Ф. Писемский "Виновата ли она?”
― А.Ф. Писемский, Повести о любви. Сборник в двух томах. Том первый

tags: woman, woman-s-character, женский-характер, женщина

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