Граф Калиостро

Povesty y rasskazy Alekseya Tolstogo – nestareyushchaya klassyka y prymer masterskogo vladenyya slovom. V sbornyk voshly odny yz samykh yzvestnykh ystoryy, v tom chysle ekranyzyrovannye "Graf Kalyostro" - ystoryya ob yzvestnom avantyuryste, alkhymyke y zaklynatele, lychnost kotorogo porodyla mnozhestvo legend, - y "Gadyuka". V ystorycheskykh povestyakh y rasskazakh "Den Petra", "Povest smutnogo vremeny" (o vremenakh Velykoy Smuty, kontse dynastyy Ryurykovychey y borbe za vlast) y "Moroznaya noch", blagodarya yarkomu obraznomu yazyku A. Tolstogo chytatel pogruzhaetsya v atmosferu davno mynuvshykh dney, ostro chuvstvuya perezhyvanyya geroev. "Myshuka Nalymov", "Petushok", "Nevernyy shag" - proyzvedenyya o pomeshchychem y krestyanskom byte, strastyakh y nravakh, sostavlyayushchykh osnovu rossyyskogo obshchestva svoego vremeny.

The novels and short stories of Alexei Tolstoy are timeless classics and an example of mastery of the word. The collection includes some of the most famous stories, including the filmed "Count Cagliostro", a story about a famous adventurer, alchemist and conjurer, whose personality gave rise to many legends, and "The Viper". In the historical novels and short stories "Peter's Day", "The Tale of the Time of Troubles" (about the times of the Great Troubles, the end of the Rurik dynasty and the struggle for power) and "Frosty Night", thanks to the vivid figurative language of A. Tolstoy, the reader is immersed in the atmosphere of bygone days, acutely feeling the emotions of the characters. "Mishuka Nalimov", "The Cockerel", "The Wrong Step" are works about landowner and peasant life, passions and mores that form the basis of Russian society of their time.