A Million Torments

The “MediaBook” studio presents an audiobook of the famous Russian writer Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov “A Million Torments.” The book is read by the popular artist Mikhail Roslyakov.

“The comedy “Woe from Wit” stands somewhat apart in literature and is notable for its youthful freshness and stronger staying power than other works of the word. It’s like a hundred-year-old man—around him, everyone has outlived their time in turn, dies off, and falls; and he walks on, vigorous and fresh, between the graves of old people and the cradles of new ones. And no one thinks that someday it will be his turn, too.”

All celebrities of the first rank, of course, entered the so-called “temple of immortality” for a reason. They all have plenty, and some, like Pushkin, have much more right to longevity than Griboedov. Their cannot be brought too close or placed side by side. Pushkin is enormous, prolific, strong, wealthy. For Russian art he is what Lomonosov is for general Russian enlightenment. Pushkin filled his entire epoch, even created another, gave birth to schools of artists—took into his age everything except what Griboedov managed to take and what Pushkin never quite finished. ”

Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov, “A Million Torments.”