Овод. Трилогия

On byl molod, naiven, vli͡ublen, polon svobodoli͡ubivykh ideĭ i romanticheskikh illi͡uziĭ. On okazalsi͡a obmanut, oklevetan, otvergnut i preziraem. On ischez, imitirovav samoubiĭstvo, i vernulsi͡a na rodinu spusti͡a trinadt͡satʹ let - pod chuzhim imenem, s izurodovannoĭ vneshnostʹi͡u, iskoverkannoĭ sudʹboĭ i isstradavshimsi͡a serdt͡sem. On predstal pered li͡udʹmi, kotorykh kogda-to znal i gori͡acho li͡ubil, nasmeshlivym t͡sinikom so zvuchnym i khlestkim zhurnalistskim psevdonimom Ovod. I malo kto sumel razgli͡adetʹ pod ėtoĭ maskoĭ strastnui͡u, poryvistui͡u, blagorodnui͡u naturu cheloveka, po-prezhnemu vernogo prekrasnym idealam svoeĭ i͡unosti... "Ovod" (1897) - pervyĭ i, kak schitaetsi͡a, luchshiĭ roman angliĭskoĭ pisatelʹnit͡sy Ėtelʹ Lilian Voĭnich. K sudʹbe svoego geroi͡a Voĭnich vozvrashchaetsi͡a cherez trinadt͡satʹ let v romane "Prervannai͡a druzhba" (1910), povestvui͡ushchem o ego zhizni v I͡Uzhnoĭ Amerike. A spusti͡a neskolʹko desi͡atiletiĭ vykhodit posledniĭ roman iz proslavlennogo t͡sikla ob Ovode - "Snimi obuvʹ tvoi͡u" (1945), v t͡sentre kotorogo okazyvaetsi͡a Beatrisa Telford, prababka legendarnogo geroi͡a. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

He was young, naive, in love, full of freedom-loving ideas and romantic illusions. He was deceived, slandered, rejected and despised. He disappeared, faking suicide, and returned to his homeland thirteen years later — under a false name, with a disfigured appearance, distorted fate and a suffering heart. He appeared before people he had once known and loved dearly, a mocking cynic with a sonorous and biting journalistic pseudonym Gadfly. And few people were able to discern under this mask the passionate, impetuous, noble nature of a man who was still faithful to the beautiful ideals of his youth... Gadfly (1897) is the first and, as it is considered, the best novel by the English writer Ethel Lilian Voynich. Voynich returns to the fate of his hero thirteen years later in the novel "Friendship Interrupted" (1910), which tells about his life in South America. And a few decades later, the last novel from the famous Gadfly cycle comes out — "Take off your Shoes" (1945), in the center of which is Beatrice Telford, the great-grandmother of the legendary hero. Read more…