# The Russian novelists

Author: Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de, 1848-1910; Edmands, Jane Loring, 1839-1913 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72271

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## Summary

Before studying those contemporary writers who alone will reveal to us the true Russian spirit and character, we must devote a little attention to their predecessors, in order to understand the Russian literature in its prolonged infancy, and its bearing upon that of the present day. We shall see how everything conspired to retard its development. Russian literature may be divided into four distinct epochs. The first, ending with the accession of Peter the Great, was in fact its mediæval age. In this epoch a wealth of national traditions had accumulated in its popular poetry and barbarous essays. The second period embraces the last century, from Peter the Great to Alexander I., and, altho...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-russian-novelists-72271/chapters/2/index.md)