# Landmarks in Russian literature

Author: Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

Genre: Category: Russian Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68597

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Landmarks+in+Russian+literature+Baring&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The difficulty in explaining anything to do with Russia to an English public is that confusion is likely to arise owing to the terms used being misunderstood. For instance, if one describes a Russian officer, a Russian bureaucrat, a Russian public servant, or a Russian schoolmaster, the reader involuntarily makes a mental comparison with corresponding people in his own country, or in other European countries where he has travelled. He necessarily fails to remember that there are certain vital differences between Russians and people of other countries, which affect the whole question, and which make the Russian totally different from the corresponding Englishman. I wish before approaching...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/landmarks-in-russian-literature-68597/chapters/5/index.md)