In the Forests
55 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Andrey Pechersky
Author
Andrey Pechersky
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
Narrator
Mikhail Roslyakov
P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky’s epic novel “In the Forests” and “On the Hills” is his main literary work, to which the writer devoted about twenty years.
These books opened to the reader an entire area of Russian reality—previously unilluminated and unexplored. Melnikov wrote about the Zavolzhye and the uplands (Nagorye) as they were in the mid-19th century; about Old Believer merchant circles trading along both banks of the Volga; about everyday life and occupations, local customs and traditions; about sectarians, schismatic sketes, and their inhabitants.
The talent of a realist artist and an outstanding storyteller was combined in Melnikov with deep knowledge in the history of the schism, ethnography, folklore, and the language of the people—which he used widely throughout his epic. Vivid scenes and dialogues, expressively drawn characters alternate in both works with historical excursions, descriptions of cottage industries, folk holidays, schismatic rites, skete life, and Khlyst worship services.
In both books, legends and beliefs, proverbs and sayings, folk and spiritual songs are widely woven into the narrative.
The combination of all these elements creates a special, unmistakable flavor of Melnikov’s epic.
The book “On the Hills” is a completely independent work, but at the same time it is a continuation of the book “In the Forests”. Many characters from “In the Forests” continue to act in the book “On the Hills”.
These books opened to the reader an entire area of Russian reality—previously unilluminated and unexplored. Melnikov wrote about the Zavolzhye and the uplands (Nagorye) as they were in the mid-19th century; about Old Believer merchant circles trading along both banks of the Volga; about everyday life and occupations, local customs and traditions; about sectarians, schismatic sketes, and their inhabitants.
The talent of a realist artist and an outstanding storyteller was combined in Melnikov with deep knowledge in the history of the schism, ethnography, folklore, and the language of the people—which he used widely throughout his epic. Vivid scenes and dialogues, expressively drawn characters alternate in both works with historical excursions, descriptions of cottage industries, folk holidays, schismatic rites, skete life, and Khlyst worship services.
In both books, legends and beliefs, proverbs and sayings, folk and spiritual songs are widely woven into the narrative.
The combination of all these elements creates a special, unmistakable flavor of Melnikov’s epic.
The book “On the Hills” is a completely independent work, but at the same time it is a continuation of the book “In the Forests”. Many characters from “In the Forests” continue to act in the book “On the Hills”.
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