Скорби Сатаны

Roman "Skorbi Satany" Mari Korelli (takoĭ zvuchnyĭ psevdonim vzi͡ala sebe anglichanka Mėri Makkeĭ) byl opublikovan v 1895 godu i stal odnim iz krupneĭshikh literaturnykh sobytiĭ Viktorianskoĭ ėpokhi. On imel chrezvychaĭnyĭ uspekh u chitateleĭ, pobiv vse vozmozhnye rekordy prodazh. Kogda na pisatelʹnit͡su opolchilisʹ kritiki, ee podderzhal Oskar Uaĭlʹd, cheĭ roman "Portret Doriana Grei͡a", napisannyĭ pi͡atʹi͡u godami ranee, vo mnogom predvoskhitil poi͡avlenie "Skorbeĭ Satany". Obrativshisʹ k populi͡arnomu si͡uzhetu o sdelke s dʹi͡avolom, Mari Korelli sozdala odin iz samykh neodnoznachnykh v mirovoĭ literature obrazov Satany: v ee romane ėto geroĭ, ne zhelai͡ushchiĭ zla, no tvori͡ashchiĭ ego, iskushai͡ushchiĭ li͡udeĭ, no zhivushchiĭ nadezhdoĭ na to, chto oni preodolei͡ut svoi zhelanii͡a i perestanut greshitʹ. Chitateleĭ zhdut netrivialʹnye si͡uzhetnye povoroty i fantasmagoricheskiĭ final. Interesno, chto pervoe russkoi͡azychnoe izdanie romana (1903) uvidelo svet pod imenem Brėma Stokera, avtora romana o Drakule. V rezulʹtate ėtoĭ oshibki v Rossii avtorstvo "Skorbeĭ Satany" dolgoe vremi͡a pripisyvalosʹ Stokeru. V nashi dni roman Mari Korelli zasluzhenno priznan klassikoĭ evropeĭskoĭ mistiki.

The novel "The Sorrows of Satan" by Marie Corelli (such a sonorous pseudonym was taken by the Englishwoman Mary Mackay) was published in 1895 and became one of the largest literary events of the Victorian era. He was extremely successful with readers, breaking all possible sales records. When critics turned on the writer, she was supported by Oscar Wilde, whose novel "The Portrait of Dorian Gray", written five years earlier, largely anticipated the appearance of "The Sorrows of Satan". Turning to the popular plot of a deal with the devil, Marie Corelli created one of the most ambiguous images of Satan in world literature: in her novel, this is a hero who does not want evil, but creates it, tempting people, but living in the hope that they will overcome their desires and stop sinning. Readers are waiting for non-trivial plot twists and a phantasmagoric ending. Interestingly, the first Russian-language edition of the novel (1903) was published under the name of Bram Stoker, the author of the novel about Dracula. As a result of this mistake in Russia, the authorship of "The Sorrows of Satan" has long been attributed to Stoker. Nowadays, Marie Corelli's novel is deservedly recognized as a classic of European mysticism.