Slum People

In the works of the Russian writer Vladimir Gilyarovsky, his turbulent, eventful life—full of encounters and adventures—is reflected with full depth: for about 10 years he wandered across Russia, worked as a river hauler, a firefighter, a wrangler of wild horses, and a provincial actor.
Gilyarovsky was one of the best reporters of the metropolitan press; his “specialty” was criminal chronicle and on-the-spot reporting. He wrote about the most notable and sensational events, and he was called “the king of reporters.” The book includes Gilyarovsky’s best-known work “Moscow and Muscovites,” the collection “Dwellers of the Slums” that was banned by tsarist censorship, a cycle of memoirs “My Wandering,” along with stories and sketches.