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Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. [1]
Nov 28, 2023 · Alexander Ostrovsky quotes. “To pronounce something clever and honest is not such a big deal, lots of them have been said and written. For a statement of truth to be effective and for it to make people wiser, it has to be filtered through the soul of a highest quality, the soul of an artist.”. “It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil ...
4 quotes from Aleksandr Ostrovsky: 'It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil Service is like a fortress made of papers, forms, and red tape.', 'Ему представляется-то, что он за делом бежит; торопится, бедный, людей не узнает; ему мерещится, что его манит ...
Dec 3, 2021 · Alexander Ostrovsky — ‘To pronounce something clever and honest is not such a big deal, lots of them have been said and written. For a statement of truth...
The Storm (Russian: Гроза, sometimes translated as The Thunderstorm) is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, The Storm is a work of social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the Russian merchant class.
By making his Katerina an emblem of the unfathomably profound lyrical Russian soul, Ostrovksy contrasts her exalted state of mind and her irrationalism with the ennui of Emma and the money-driven world of Madame Bovary in which Emma eventually perishes in the banality of debts.
Alexander Ostrovsky was the founder of the modern Russian theater. Though his predecessors Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol wrote several memorable plays, their primary genres were poetry...
