Excerpt from Birds of Heaven: And Other Stories His works show an extensive knowledge of Rus sia, through which he travelled very extensively (partly due to the fact that he was one time ban ished for political reasons), and a very keen appre ciation of the beauties and moods of nature. Even more than this, however, he appreciates very keenly the hardships and pleasures of the life of the peo ple and while depicting them realistically, he suc ceeds in casting over even sordid and unpleas ant scenes, a veil of poetic beauty ...
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Excerpt from Birds of Heaven: And Other Stories His works show an extensive knowledge of Rus sia, through which he travelled very extensively (partly due to the fact that he was one time ban ished for political reasons), and a very keen appre ciation of the beauties and moods of nature. Even more than this, however, he appreciates very keenly the hardships and pleasures of the life of the peo ple and while depicting them realistically, he suc ceeds in casting over even sordid and unpleas ant scenes, a veil of poetic beauty and of spiritual significance, which elevate his work above much of that produced by his contemporaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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