Woe from Wit. The Minor

Beloved Russian classics are now available in audio format.

“Woe from Wit” is a masterpiece of Russian literature, a work broken down into quotes and winged phrases—from almost the first word to the last. “Would that we gather the books and burn them,” “My carriage, my carriage,” “To the village, to my aunt, into the wilderness, to Saratov,” “She to him—and he to me”… We use phrases from “Woe from Wit” so often that we don’t even realize they are quotations. Not because the biting, brilliant comedy by Griboyedov is outdated—it is still relevant to this day and continues to shine on the best theatre stages of our country..

“The Minor” is a comedy written in the distant “Golden Age” of Catherine — a true indicator of the author’s talent: it hasn’t lost its relevance even today. After all, the types of wealthy sons, ignoramuses, boors, and tyrants of temperament are ones we meet even now, and everyone knows the legendary “I don’t want to study—I want to marry” or “Live your life—learn throughout your life.”