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Publishing a book used to be simple in concept and brutal in practice. You wrote it, you found an agent, the agent found a publisher, the publisher decided your fate. If that chain broke anywhere — and it usually did — your book went nowhere. The manuscript sat in a drawer, or worse, in a box in a garage. That world hasn’t disappeared. Traditional…

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol’s innovation in literature lies in his ability to create multilayered works that combined elements of realism, romanticism, satire, and mysticism. Before Gogol, many of the movements and artistic techniques he introduced or perfected were absent from Russian literature. Key aspects of his innovation include: Grotesque as a means of depicting reality Gogol was the first Russian writer to embrace the grotesque…

NIKOLAI VASSILIEVICH GOGOL was born at Sorotchinetz, in Little Russia, in March, 1809. The year in which he appeared on the planet proved to be the literary annus mirabilis of the century; for in that same twelvemonth were born Charles Darwin, Alfred Tennyson, Abraham Lincoln, Poe, Gladstone, and Holmes. His father was a lover of literature, who wrote dramatic pieces for his own amusement,…

Kids have the perfect mindset to get lost in the joy of a good book. Books for kids are ultimately the inspiration for healthy imaginative play, long term reading skills, and even the springboard for theoretical conversation at the dinner table. While kids are often on the go and dont take the time to slow down for a good read, introducing your kids to…

Alexander Sergevitch Pushkin was born in 1799 at Pskoff, and was a scion of an ancient Russian family. In one of his letters it is recorded that no less than six Pushkins signed the Charta declaratory of the election of the Romanoff family to the throne of Russia, and that two more affixed their marks from inability to write. In 1811 he entered the…