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"Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind" By Heinrich Fueger, 1817 "Old Izergil" was inspired by the trip to Bessarabia and Romania which Gorky had made four years earlier. [3] The Moldovan writer and folklorist George Bogach traces the origins of the name Izergil to two sources: the Akkerman toponym Iserlia and Kara-Ningil, the character of the Mamin-Sibiryak story "Tears of the Queen".
Written in Melikhovo in mid-1898, the story was sent to Russkaya Mysl on 28 July of that year and was first published in this magazine's No.8, August issue. In a slightly revised version it was included into Volume 12 of the 1903, second edition of the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov, and then into Volume 11 of the third, posthumous 1906 edition.
It appeared in the short-story collection Twenty-Three Tales which was first translated into English for an edition released by Funk & Wagnalls in 1907. The title refers to its three central characters; unnamed simple monks living on a remote island in a life of prayer and contemplation "for the salvation of their souls."
Twenty-Three Tales is a popular compilation of short stories by Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality-tale style. [1] It was translated into English by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude.
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Funny Stories (Russian: Весёлые истории) is a 1962 Soviet children's comedy film directed by Venyamin Dorman. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the first film adapted from Victor Dragunsky's popular children's book The Adventures of Dennis , a collection of short stories told from the perspective of a young boy.
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