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Woe from Wit

Author : Alexander Griboedov
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231548516
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Woe from Wit written by Alexander Griboedov and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Griboedov’s Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique. Its protagonist, Alexander Chatsky, is an idealistic ironist, a complex Romantic figure who would be echoed in Russian literature from Pushkin onward. Chatsky returns from three years abroad hoping to rekindle a romance with his childhood sweetheart, Sophie. In the meantime, she has fallen in love with Molchalin, her reactionary father Famusov’s scheming secretary. Chatsky speaks out against the hypocrisy of aristocratic society—and as scandal erupts, he is met with accusations of madness. Woe from Wit was written in 1823 and was an immediate sensation, but under heavy-handed tsarist censorship, it was not published in full until forty years later. Its influence is felt not just in Russian literary language but in everyday speech. It is the source of a remarkable number of frequently quoted aphorisms and turns of phrase, comparable to Shakespeare’s influence on English. Yet owing to its complex rhyme scheme and verse structure, the play has frequently been considered almost untranslatable. Betsy Hulick’s translation brings Griboedov’s sparkling wit, spirited dialogue, and effortless crossing of registers from elevated to colloquial into a lively contemporary English.

Aleksandr Griboedov's Woe from Wit

Author : Mary Hobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aleksandr Griboedov's Woe from Wit written by Mary Hobson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeks to account for the disparity between Aleksander Griboedov's Woe from Wit and his other works, by examining his plays and poems, letters and travel notes, the memoirs of his contemporaries, his literary sources and social milieu. Positive and negative influences are discussed.

The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar

Author : Yury Tynyanov
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231550545
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar written by Yury Tynyanov and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar, a novel by Yury Tynyanov, one of the leading figures of the Russian formalist school, describes the final year in the life of Alexander Griboedov, the author of the comedy Woe from Wit. As ambassador to Persia, Griboedov was murdered in 1829 by a Tehrani mob during the sacking of the Russian embassy. One of the central texts of Russian formalist literary production, the novel is a brilliant meditation on the nature of historical and poetic consciousness and of artistic creation. It is a complex and fascinating work that explores the relationships among individual memory, historical fact, and the literary imagination. The result is a hybrid text, containing elements of various genres—historical, biographical, existential, and adventure novels—and a deeply personal, almost confessional testament to the writer’s relationship to his generation and the state. Completed in 1927, almost a century after the events it depicts, The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar marks the watershed between revolution and reaction. At a time when the Soviet regime was becoming increasingly restrictive of freedom of expression and conscience, Tynyanov grappled with the themes of disillusionment, betrayal, and unrealized potential. Unabashedly intellectual yet filled with intrigue and suspense, The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar is a great historical novel of Russian modernism.

The Book of Woe

Author : Gary Greenberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101621109
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Woe written by Gary Greenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gary Greenberg has become the Dante of our psychiatric age, and the DSM-5 is his Inferno.” —Errol Morris Since its debut in 1952, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has set down the “official” view on what constitutes mental illness. Homosexuality, for instance, was a mental illness until 1973. Each revision has created controversy, but the DSM-5 has taken fire for encouraging doctors to diagnose more illnesses—and to prescribe sometimes unnecessary or harmful medications. Respected author and practicing psychotherapist Gary Greenberg embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition, and returned with an unsettling tale. Exposing the deeply flawed process behind the DSM-5’s compilation, The Book of Woe reveals how the manual turns suffering into a commodity—and made the APA its own biggest beneficiary.

They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe

Author : John Stark Bellamy, II
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1886228035
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe written by John Stark Bellamy, II and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foulest crimes and worst in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales. Each no-holds-barred account into one of this city's most notorious moments, from the 1916 waterworks collapse to the Cleveland Clinic fire to the sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial. These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt -- all from the streets of Cleveland.

Woe to Live On

Author : Daniel Woodrell
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316206180
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Woe to Live On written by Daniel Woodrell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the border states of Kansas and Missouri, Woe to Live On explores the nature of lawlessness and violence, friendship and loyalty, through the eyes of young recruit Jake Roedel. Where he and his fellow First Kansas Irregulars go, no one is safe, no one can be neutral. Roedel grows up fast, experiencing a brutal parody of war without standards or mercy. But as friends fall and families flee, he questions his loyalties and becomes an outsider even to those who have become outlaws.

A Double Life

Author : Karolina Pavlova
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231549113
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book A Double Life written by Karolina Pavlova and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life alternates prose and poetry to offer a wry picture of Russian aristocratic society and vivid dreams of escaping its strictures. Pavlova combines rich narrative prose that details balls, tea parties, and horseback rides with poetic interludes that depict her protagonist’s inner world—and biting irony that pervades a seemingly romantic description of a young woman who has everything. A Double Life tells the story of Cecily, who is being trapped into marriage by her well-meaning mother; her best friend, Olga; and Olga’s mother, who means to clear the way for a wealthier suitor for her own daughter by marrying off Cecily first. Cecily’s privileged upbringing makes her oblivious to the havoc that is being wreaked around her. Only in the seclusion of her bedroom is her imagination freed: each day of deception is followed by a night of dreams described in soaring verse. Pavlova subtly speaks against the limitations placed on women and especially women writers, which translator Barbara Heldt highlights in a critical introduction. Among the greatest works of literature by a Russian woman writer, A Double Life is worthy of a central place in the Russian canon.

The Opposite of Woe

Author : John Wright Hickenlooper
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101981679
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Opposite of Woe written by John Wright Hickenlooper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The governor of Colorado tells his story, from early loss to college on the ten-year plan, to business and political success"--

Creating a Role

Author : Konstantin Stanislavsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780878309818
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Creating a Role written by Konstantin Stanislavsky and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume examines the development of a character from the viewpoint of three widely contrasting plays.

Double Blind

Author : Edward St. Aubyn
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374717478
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Double Blind written by Edward St. Aubyn and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set inLondon, Cap d'Antibes, Big Sur, and a rewilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is about the headlong pursuit of knowledge—for the purposes of pleasure, revelation, money, sanity, or survival—and the consequences of fleeing from what we know about others and ourselves. When Olivia meets a new lover just as she is welcoming her best friend, Lucy, back from New York, her dedicated academic life expands precipitously. Her connection to Francis, a committed naturalist living off the grid, is immediate and startling. Eager to involve Lucy in her joy, Olivia introduces the two—but Lucy has received shocking news of her own that binds the trio unusually close. Over the months that follow, Lucy’s boss, Hunter, Olivia’s psychoanalyst parents, and a young man named Sebastian are pulled into the friends’ orbit, and not one of them will emerge unchanged. Expansive, playful, and compassionate, Edward St. Aubyn's Double Blind investigates themes of inheritance, determinism, freedom, consciousness, and the stories we tell about ourselves. It is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics, and neuroscience as it is about love, fear, and courage. Most of all, it is a perfect expression of the interconnections it sets out to examine, and a moving evocation of an imagined world that is deeply intelligent, often tender, curious, and very much alive.

Mind Over Batter

Author : Graeme Fowler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471174298
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Mind Over Batter written by Graeme Fowler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '[An] honest and courageous book' Mike Brearley 'Engrossing...it looks back and thinks ahead, jumps between wit and woe' Lawrence Booth, Mail on Sunday Following the critical and commercial success of Absolutely Foxed, Graeme Fowler returns with a stunning new book that takes the reader inside the mental side of cricket. Few sports can be played as much in the mind as cricket. When bowlers are hurling the ball down at your head at 90 mph, or fielders are crowded round the bat waiting to snap up an edge, only the most resilient can thrive. In Mind Over Batter, former Test batsman, commentator and coach Fowler looks into all facets of the game to assess the mental aspect of cricket. What is mental strength? And how can you improve it, or why do some people suddenly lose it? Can the environment in a dressing room have any impact on both mental strength and mental health? When a game builds up to a dramatic climax - how do you train yourself to cope? Can pressure really lead to catastrophic decision-making and even lead players to bend the rules? Told with his familiar mix of brilliant insight, hilarious anecdotes and moving personal experience of his own mental demons, Fowler delivers a superb portrait of the game. Mind Over Batter will not only shed light on the top echelons of cricket, but it will also provide the reader with many useful ideas on how they can improve their own game and performance - in cricket or in other walks of life. Finally, having resisted for many years despite his own mental health issues, Fowler decides to take a closer look inside his own mind and for the first time undergoes therapy to see if he can work out what makes him tick. What he discovered surprised even him.

Poison Study

Author : Maria V. Snyder
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459248260
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Poison Study written by Maria V. Snyder and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestselling Author Maria V. Snyder Choose: a quick death… or slow poison… Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again. The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers must be executed, no matter the reason. But just as she’s resigned herself to her fate, she’s offered an extraordinary reprieve. As the food taster, Yelena will eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. To make matters worse, the chief of security deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust, and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison. As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again, and in order to survive, she must unravel the secrets behind the past she’s been running from. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder Book One: Poison Study Book Two: Magic Study Book Three: Fire Study Book Four: Storm Glass Book Five: Sea Glass Book Six: Spy Glass Book Seven: Shadow Study Book Eight: Night Study Book Nine: Dawn Study

City Folk and Country Folk

Author : Sofia Khvoshchinskaya
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231544502
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book City Folk and Country Folk written by Sofia Khvoshchinskaya and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This scathingly funny comedy of manners” by the rediscovered female Russian novelist “will deeply satisfy fans of 19th-century Russian literature” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). City Folk and Country Folk is a seemingly gentle yet devastating satire of the aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites of 1860s Russia. Translated into English for the first time, the novel weaves a tale of manipulation, infatuation, and female assertiveness that takes place one year after the liberation of the empire's serfs. Upending Russian literary clichés of female passivity and rural gentry benightedness, Sofia Khvoshchinskaya centers her story on a common-sense, hardworking noblewoman and her self-assured daughter living on their small rural estate. Throwing off the imposed sense of duty toward their "betters", these two women ultimately triumph over the urbanites' financial, amorous, and matrimonial machinations. Sofia Khvoshchinskaya and her writer sisters closely mirror Britain's Brontës, yet Khvoshchinskaya's work contains more of Jane Austen's wit and social repartee, as well as an intellectual engagement reminiscent of Elizabeth Gaskell's condition-of-England novels. Written by a woman under a male pseudonym, this exploration of gender dynamics in post-emancipation Russian offers a new and vital point of comparison with the better-known classics of nineteenth-century world literature.

Woe from Wit

Author : Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov
Publisher : Jiahu Books
ISBN 13 : 9781784350376
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Woe from Wit written by Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov and published by Jiahu Books. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woe from Wit is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow." The play, written in 1823 in the countryside and in Tiflis, was not passed by the censorship for the stage, and only portions of it were allowed to appear in an almanac for 1825. It was not, however, actually published until 1833, after the author's death, with significant cuts, and was not published in full until 1861. The play was a compulsory work in Russian literature lessons in Soviet schools, and is still considered a golden classic in modern Russia and other Russian-speaking countries. The play gave rise to numerous catchphrases in the Russian language, including the title itself.

Belinskij and Russian Literary Criticism

Author : Victor Terras
Publisher : [Madison] : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Belinskij and Russian Literary Criticism written by Victor Terras and published by [Madison] : University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Self Love

Author : Tl Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995611719
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Self Love written by Tl Clark and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British tale of woe and wit. Molly's personal growth whilst shrinking story.

The Bad Beginning

Author : Lemony Snicket
Publisher : Egmont Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781405281782
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book The Bad Beginning written by Lemony Snicket and published by Egmont Books Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny, are exceedingly unlucky. Their parents have been killed, and they are forced to go and stay with their Uncle Olaf. It soon turns out that Olaf has evil plans for the children.