Саврола, или Революция в Лаурании

Publit͡sisticheskie, istoricheskie i politicheskie proizvedenii͡a Uinstona Cherchilli͡a izvestny mnogim, no ego khudozhestvennai͡a proza nikogda ne izdavalasʹ na russkom i͡azyke. Mezhdu tem, roman Cherchilli͡a "Savrola ili Revoli͡ut͡sii͡a v Lauranii" v svoe vremi͡a imel ogromnyĭ uspekh i vyderzhal neskolʹko izdaniĭ v Anglii i Amerike. Sobytii͡a romana razvorachivai͡utsi͡a v vymyshlennoĭ strane. V ėtoĭ strane edinolichno pravit zhestokiĭ tiran, protiv kotorogo vosstaet glavnyĭ geroĭ knigi Savrola, - ubezhdennyĭ demokrat i storonnik reform. Vzbuntovavshiĭsi͡a narod svergaet tirana, on pogibaet na stupeni͡akh sobstvennogo dvort͡sa. Odnako pobeda svobody i demokratii omrachena proiskami taĭnogo anarkhistskogo obshchestva, chleny kotorogo i͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a storonnikami nasilii͡a. V obraze glavnogo geroi͡a romana Cherchillʹ pokazal samogo sebi͡a i vlozhil v ėtot personazh mnogie cherty svoego kharaktera i svoi predstavlenii͡a o zhizni. V 1953 godu Cherchillʹ udostoilsi͡a Nobelevskoĭ premii po literature.

Winston Churchill's journalistic, historical, and political works are well known to many, but his fiction has never been published in Russian. Meanwhile, Churchill's novel "Savrola or the Revolution in Laurania" was a huge success at the time and went through several editions in England and America. The events of the novel take place in a fictional country. This country is single—handedly ruled by a cruel tyrant, against whom the protagonist of Savrol's book is rebelling, a staunch democrat and supporter of reform. The rebellious people overthrow the tyrant, he dies on the steps of his own palace. However, the victory of freedom and democracy is overshadowed by the machinations of a secret anarchist society, whose members are supporters of violence. In the image of the main character of the novel, Churchill showed himself and put into this character many of his character traits and his ideas about life. In 1953, Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.