In this sketch, called by Korolenko "a psychological study," the author has attempted to analyze the inner life of the blind. He has undertaken to lay before the reader not only the psychological processes in the mind of the blind, but their suffering from the lack of sight as well, uncomplicated by any untoward circumstances. To accomplish this he has placed his hero in most favorable, nay, almost exceptional conditions. The subjects for this study are a blind girl, whom the author had known as a child; a boy, a pupil of his, who was gradually losing his sight; and a professional musician,...

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Deti podzemel'ja - povest' o detskoj druzhbe, o zhizni bednyh ljudej v carskoj Rossii. Nel'zja bez volnenija chitat' jetu nezabyvaemuju povest'. Ona napisana tak pravdivo, s takim gorjachim sochuvstviem i ljubov'ju k prostym ljudjam. Kniga illjustrirovana zamechatel'nym hudozhnikom Veniaminom Kosticynym.

V knigu voshli izvestnye proizvedenija zamechatel'nogo russkogo pisatelja V. G. Korolenko: povesti Deti podzemel'ja i Slepoj muzykant, rasskazy Son Makara, Reka igraet, ocherki Chudnaja i Mgnovenie. S illjustracijami

V. G. Korolenko - izvestnyj russkij pisatel', publicist i obshhestvennyj dejatel' - v svoih literaturnyh proizvedenijah gluboko issledoval chelovecheskuju dushu. Ponjatie spravedlivosti bylo glavnym dlja pisatelja, i ego zhiznennaja doroga stala putem pravdoiskatelja i mirotvorca, kotoryj ne zakryvaet glaza pered chuzhim gorem. Vse ego geroi - krest'jane ili dvorjane, palomniki ili brodjagi, zakljuchennye ili ih nadzirateli - ishhut spravedlivosti, preodolevajut sebja, borjutsja so slabostjami, grehovnym unyniem i jegoizmom (Slepoj muzykant), pytajutsja vyzhit' v tjazhelyh uslovijah sredi...

V. G. Korolenko - izvestnyj russkij pisatel', publicist i obshhestvennyj dejatel' - v svoih literaturnyh proizvedenijah gluboko issledoval chelovecheskuju dushu. Ponjatie spravedlivosti bylo glavnym dlja pisatelja, i ego zhiznennaja doroga stala putem pravdoiskatelja i mirotvorca, kotoryj ne zakryvaet glaza pered chuzhim gorem. Vse ego geroi - krest'jane ili dvorjane, palomniki ili brodjagi, zakljuchennye ili ih nadzirateli - ishhut spravedlivosti, preodolevajut sebja, borjutsja so slabostjami, grehovnym unyniem i jegoizmom (Slepoj muzykant), pytajutsja vyzhit' v tjazhelyh uslovijah sredi...