My past and thoughts, vol. 1 (of 6)

Note 85 — Chapter 6 The Kremlin Department—Moscow University—Our Set—The Chemist—The Malov Affair—The Cholera—Filaret—V. Passek—General Lissovsky—The Sungurov Affair

Constance Garnett translation

Heraskov (1733–1807), author of an immense number of poems in pseudo-classic style. Wiener says ‘they now appal us with their inane voluminousness.’ But readers of Turgenev will remember how greatly they were admired by Punin. The best known of his epics is the Rossiad, dealing with Ivan the Terrible.

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