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Excerpt from Les Ma�tres du Roman Russe Contemporain: Tolsto�, Tch�khof, Korolenko, V�ressaief, Gorki, Andr�ief, M�rejkowsky, Kouprine, Etc
Pierre le Grand eut �. Combattre les partisans des anciennes traditions, les obscurantistes et les adver saires de la science profane; et cette lutte in�vitable d�termina le premier caract�re de la litt�rature russe, o� pr�domine l'�l�ment satirique, qui attaque essen tiellement les ennemis des r�formes. En organisant des processions grotesques, des mascarades bouffonnes o� l'on tournait en ridicule les v�tements � longs pans et les barbes de fleuve des honorables champions des temps disparus, Pierre le Grand apparaissait lui-m�me comme un d�molisseur sans piti� des antiques cou tumes et des id�es surann�es. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
