How the Alphabet Came to Be

Secrets of the emergence of writing for the most curious

The audiobook by Alexander Igorevich Monvij-Montvid “How Did the Alphabet Begin?” will appeal to those who love riddles and secret ciphers, as well as interesting and educational stories. From it, you’ll learn how different peoples passed messages to one another before writing appeared, who invented the letter “E,” why gymnasium students memorized the poem: “White, pale, poor devil ran off, hungry, into the forest…” what distinguishes the modern alphabet from the Old Slavic one, and much more.