Literature Lesson – About Ghosts, Vampires and Other Evil Spirits

Russia’s main punk rocker, Alexander “Chacha” Ivanov, was the first to respond: he took a risk and joined the project “уРОКи литературы” (“Lessons of Literature”). He was given the “scariest” themed collection— a collection of gothic stories, “уРОК литературы. О призраках, о вампирах и о прочей нечисти” (“Lessons of Literature. About Ghosts, About Vampires and Other Unclean Spirits”). Alexander’s incredible voice, his signature hoarseness, made works by Gogol, Turgenev, and Kuprin sound in a special way.

Contents:
N.V. Gogol — “The Portrait” — 1833–1842
A.K. Tolstoy — “The Family of the Vourdalak” — 1839
I.S. Turgenev — “After Death (Clara Milich)” — 1883
A.I. Kuprin — “The Silver Wolf” — 1901