The Gadfly

1 hr. 54 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Author Ethel Lilian Voynich

Narrators Svetlana Bragarnik, Georgy Taratorkin, German Yushko, Alexey Borzunov, Natalya Nikolaeva, Vladimir Soshalsky, Alexander Kutepov, Alexander Mikhaylushkin, Alina Pokrovskaya, Valery Barinov, Vadim Ledogorov, Gennady Krynkin, Nikolay Kornoukhov

Narrator Svetlana Bragarnik

Narrator Georgy Taratorkin

Narrator German Yushko

Narrator Alexey Borzunov

Narrator Natalya Nikolaeva

Narrator Vladimir Soshalsky

Narrator Alexander Kutepov

Narrator Alexander Mikhaylushkin

Narrator Alina Pokrovskaya

Narrator Valery Barinov

Narrator Vadim Ledogorov

Narrator Gennady Krynkin

Narrator Nikolay Kornoukhov

Description

The best-known novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich, closely connected—thanks to her marriage—to the Russian émigré milieu and the revolutionary movement. The novel describes the liberation struggle of Italian revolutionaries against Austrian rule. The narration focuses on the fate of the main hero Arthur Burton—a member of a youth revolutionary freedom movement—and his antagonist, Padre Lorenzo Montanelli. A tragic thread runs through the entire novel: Arthur’s love for Jemma. This is a story of faith and disappointment, revolution and romance, love and betrayal—extremely popular in the Soviet Union and China.

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