On behalf of a friend in Moscow

[Robert Orr]

Ø  I would also recommend the various books by Maurice Baring, who was a
newspaper correspondent in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century and
wrote several books on Russian literature that were influential among the
English reading public, especially Landmarks in Russian Literature. 

 

 

It might also be noted that Baring’s chapter on Russian poetry also appears
as an introduction to the Oxford Book of Russian Verse, and includes a
translation of Lermontov’s The Testament, which was recently cited on
SEELANGS.

 

Meanwhile, though, this would take a lot of time to put together, unless
it’s already available, the material might be supplemented by various quotes
from semi-popular fiction.

 

Dorothy Sayers’ story “Have His Carcase” includes a passage where a coroner
discusses an alleged suicide by a Russian, and dwells on the melancholy
aspects thereof, claiming to have read the literature of “that unhappy
country”. 

 

 


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