If the Soul Was Born Winged

9 hrs. 22 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Marina Tsvetaeva

Narrators Evgenia Kornitskaya, Anna Kozhevnikova, Tatyana Morozova, Leonid Kareev

Narrator Evgenia Kornitskaya

Narrator Anna Kozhevnikova

Narrator Tatyana Morozova

Narrator Leonid Kareev

Description

This audiobook collection of Marina Tsvetaeva’s works includes poems from different years, the “Tale of Sonya” and the drama “The End of Casanova,” based on the memoirs of the famous adventurer, which later received the name “Phoenix.”

“Tale of Sonya” is a tender, touching sketch of Marina Tsvetaeva’s friendship with the actress of the Second Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre, Sophia Golliday.
During the years of the Civil War, in hungry, sick Moscow, Tsvetaeva wrote six romantic plays. The most interesting of them is the drama “The End of Casanova” (July–August 1919), based on the memoirs of the famous Italian writer, adventurer, and ladies’ man Giovanni Giacomo Casanova—an account of his only love, among many adventures. Five years later, the play received a new title—“Phoenix”.