At the center of this chronicle of Russian provincial life in the reign of Catherine the Great stands the patriarchal figure of the author's grandfather, Stepan Mikhailovich. A man of great natural dignity, imbued with respect for tradition and love of the land, he is also despotic and virtually illiterate. Into the family comes his son's new wife, a spirited, intelligent girl from the town. Her eyes see a different world--one tainted by grossness, cruelty, and squalor--and she suffers from the hostility of jealous sisters-in-law and the shortcomings of a husband whom she loves but cannot respect. Her relationship with Stepan Mikhailovich is the heart of a story in which Aksakov celebrates the old feudal way of life without concealing its darker, repressive side.

A Russian Gentleman (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Aksakov, Sergei

Duff, J. D.

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Years of Childhood (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Reminiscing upon his childhood, a contemporary of Keats and Gogol evokes in intimate detail the daily life and customs of the eighteenth century Russian gentry

A Russian Schoolboy (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Notes on Fishing (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book and Russia's first angling treatise. It presents a Russian gentleman's observations on the fishing tackle, angling techniques, and fish species he came to know during five decades of adventure-filled fishing in the vast Russian steppe and the environs of Moscow. But it is goes beyond a mere discourse on angling, offering philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist observations. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia.

Arts & Literature

Northwestern University Press

The companion volume to his popular Notes on Fishing, Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov's guide to the bird species of his native Russia. Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of the various game that it treats: detailed accounts of the behavior of birds, observations on their life cycles, and lyrical discourses on the habitats - marsh, water, and forest - that comprise the Russian steppe. Offering a rich multitude of viewpoints philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, and environmental - Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler will appeal to a wide audience of readers, from birders to historians to those who relish fine literature.

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

One of nineteenth-century Russia's finest prose writers, Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov's Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is companion to his popular Notes on Fishing and a classic of nature writing.Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of bird behavior, observations of their life cycles, and lyrical discourses on the habitats of the Russian steppe. Aksakov's nostalgic fondness for his homeland permeates his Notes, and his passion for the habits of his subjects provides a stark contrast with his enthusiasm for the shooting--and eating--of his quarry.

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory (Paperback))

A Family Chronicle (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

Genre Fiction

Northern Illinois University Press

A Family Chronicle (1856) is Sergei Aksakov's blend of memoir and fiction that tells the story of one Russian family relocating from the city to Russia's eastern frontier in the steppes of Bashkiria. It is an attempt to record oral tradition in writing and occupies a unique place in the history of the nineteenth-century Russian narrative. Aksakov has been called a "genius of reminiscences." This work is unmatched for its meticulous and realistic description of the everyday life of the Russian nobility and was well received by the literary greats of nineteenth-century Russian literature. It has also been said to contain a remarkably honest depiction of human psychology. With this edition of A Family Chronicle, the acclaimed translator Michael R. Katz improves upon the two earlier English versions (both now out of print).

"The happiness of childhood is the Golden Age, and the recollection of it has power to move the old man's heart with pleasure and with pain. Happy the man who once possessed it and is able to recall the memory of it in later years!"Thus Sergei Aksakov recalls the "magic world" of youth, as he portrays the delights and tumults of Russian country life at the turn of the 18th century.In 1856 at the age of 64, Aksakov sat down to write the story of his long-ago student life. A Russian Schoolboy is the result. As the older man thinks back to that time more than fifty years earlier, unbidden memories come to him, some painful and others sweet. Under the spell of Aksakov's writing, we can imagine we are listening to the child himself as he suffers the anguished separation from his mother or thrills to his developing capacities as a student. We grow fond of the boy and dearly appreciate the manand because these two happily share the stage, A Russian Schoolboy will please readers of all ages.Acclaimed for his realistic prose, Sergei Aksakov (17911859) captured the essence of Russian life in his trilogy of reminiscences—A Russian Gentleman, Years of Childhood, and A Russian Schoolboy. He also wrote literary sketches, and appreciations of hunting and fishing. Nikolai Gogol, a friend and correspondent, once wrote to Aksakov: "Your birds and fishes are more real than my men and women."

A Russian Schoolboy

Paul Dry Books

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A Russian Gentleman (The ^AWorld's Classics)

The Years of Childhood (The ^AWorld's Classics)

A Russian Schoolboy (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Notes on Fishing (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory (Paperback))

Notes on Fishing (Studies in Russian Literature and Theory)

A Family Chronicle (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

A Family Chronicle (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

A Russian Schoolboy