Philosophy in Literature Blog
Gooseberries
Today’s passage is from one of Anton Chekhov’s many short stories. Notice how Chekhov focuses on a description of the lush scenery outside of a Russian village. The village, which...
Gooseberries
Today’s passage is from one of Anton Chekhov’s many short stories. Notice how Chekhov focuses on a description of the lush scenery outside of a Russian village. The village, which...
Sebastopol Sketches
During the winter of 1854, Tolstoi wrote a personal appeal, which was never delivered, to the Grand Dukes (the sons of Nicholas I) in which he bitterly attacked the deplorable...
Sebastopol Sketches
During the winter of 1854, Tolstoi wrote a personal appeal, which was never delivered, to the Grand Dukes (the sons of Nicholas I) in which he bitterly attacked the deplorable...
The Raid
Today’s passage is taken from one of the twelve short chapters in Tolstoi’s, “The Raid: A Volunteer’s Story.” The story is believed to be a slightly veiled autobiography that retells...
The Raid
Today’s passage is taken from one of the twelve short chapters in Tolstoi’s, “The Raid: A Volunteer’s Story.” The story is believed to be a slightly veiled autobiography that retells...
Village of Goryukhino
“The History of the Village of Goryukhino” is part of a series of fictional stories included in Pushkin’s, “Belkin’s Stories,” which was completed and published in 1831. Pushkin begins this story...
Village of Goryukhino
“The History of the Village of Goryukhino” is part of a series of fictional stories included in Pushkin’s, “Belkin’s Stories,” which was completed and published in 1831. Pushkin begins this story...
Hadj Murat
What I like about today’s passage is how Tolstoi uses well selected words and phrases to paint a portrait; to breathe life into what would ordinarily be rather mundane sentences...
Hadj Murat
What I like about today’s passage is how Tolstoi uses well selected words and phrases to paint a portrait; to breathe life into what would ordinarily be rather mundane sentences...
The Dream
Today, Tolstoi takes us to a provincial 1863 Russian town where Prince Michael Ivanovich, who Tolstoi describes as, “a tall, handsome, white-haired, fresh coloured man, proud and attractive in appearance...
The Dream
Today, Tolstoi takes us to a provincial 1863 Russian town where Prince Michael Ivanovich, who Tolstoi describes as, “a tall, handsome, white-haired, fresh coloured man, proud and attractive in appearance...