Dwellers of White Light

“Tenants of the White World” is a story by the Russian poet and writer Nadezhda Tэффи (real name Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya, by marriage Buchinskaya; 1872–1952).*** In this story, N. Tэффи reflects on the lives of ordinary, unremarkable people. After all, all people—regardless of their origin, level of material well-being, or social status—have one common trait: they are all tenants of the White World. Nadezhda Tэффи’s fame and popularity came first of all from her humorous and satirical stories collected in volumes such as “Humorous Stories,” “And That’s How It Happened,” “Carousel,” “Smoke Without Fire,” “An Inanimate Beast,” “Little Town,” and “The Witch.” Her pen also produced a number of poems, translations, the novel “Adventurous Novel,” and memoir prose about Z. Gippius, A. Kollontay, A. Kerensky, G. Rasputin, A. Averchenko, and other contemporaries of the writer. In her works, Nadezhda Tэффи sought to create portraits of people of different character types, educational levels, and social classes. For Tэффи, the main thing is to emphasize the individuality of each person. The reader simply feels the author’s sympathy for her characters and her love for people.

Age restriction: 12+