Diary: Alexey Suvorin

Sytin, Pavlenkov, Marx, Suvorin, Wolf, Sabashnikovs, Kaspari … The names of the famous book publishers of Russia of the 19th century caress the rumor of bibliophiles. Their professional achievements cause the envy of modern colleagues. The Golden Age of Russian Prose coincided with the heyday of their activities, they were lucky to reduce personal acquaintance with outstanding writers of his time. After the memoirs of Pavel Annenkov, the series “Literary Monuments of Russian Life” continues the unique book “Diary” of Alexei Sergeyevich Suvorin – publisher, critic, journalist, playwright. This book contains invaluable material for all lovers of Russian literature of the second half of the XIX century: the author’s personal memories of literary, near -litigative, political, social circles and people who constituted them.
Honest and deeply personal notes of Suvorin are significantly different from the fresh memoirs characteristic of that time, written by dry chancellery. Perhaps because Suvorin himself did not prepare his memories for printing …

Author
Suvorin Alexey Sergeevich
Editor
Tsurikhina Y.
Publisher
Book, 2015
Series
Literary monuments of Russian life