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Yakov Poltinin had for some time entertained the secret ambition of
accomplishing something on a grand scale, something that would
cause a lot of talk. It is true the murder of the Chief of Police
created a deep impression. Still, it was hardly as important as the
affair he had in mind. To steal and destroy the miracle-working
ikon--that would be something to crow about! Poltinin said....
Authors Also Include Michael Artzibashev, Anton Tchekov, Maxim
Gorky.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
Yakov Poltinin had for some time entertained the secret ambition of
accomplishing something on a grand scale, something that would
cause a lot of talk. It is true the murder of the Chief of Police
created a deep impression. Still, it was hardly as important as the
affair he had in mind. To steal and destroy the miracle-working
ikon--that would be something to crow about! Poltinin said....
The Russian title of the book is more descriptive of the author's
intentions than an English translation will permit it to be.
"Tvorimaya Legenda" actually means "The legend in the course of
creation." The legend that Sologub has in mind is the active,
eternally changing process of life, orderly and structural in spite
of the external confusion. The author makes an effort to bring
order out of apparent chaos by stripping life of its complex modern
detail and reducing it to a few significant symbols, as in a rather
more subtle "morality play." The modern novel is perhaps
overpsychologized; eternal truths and eternal passions are perhaps
too often lost sight of under the mass of unnecessary naturalistic
detail.
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