{"product_id":"the-neglected-authors-russian-men-audiobook","title":"The Neglected Authors - Russian Men (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrated in their time, forgotten in ours\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley(Unabridged: 04:59mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Leonid Andreyev, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Valery Bryusov, Vsevolod Garshin \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThroughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003eIn literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003eIn the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution. Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it. Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003eWhilst male authors were the overwhelming majority of beneficiaries in having their work printed time was their constant enemy. Your work could be immensely talented but if it was not to lure money into the coffers by gaining an audience of readers then your career would be one of pleasing yourself and was soon forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003eBut the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003eIn this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"“MsoNormal”\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e01 - The Neglected Authors - Russian Men - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e02 - Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e03 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e04 - The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e05 - Coward by Vsevolod Garshin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e06 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e07 - How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials by Nikolai Schedrin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e08 - The Servant by S T Semyonov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e09 - Hide and Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43438851293262,"sku":"AB-26637","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836826637_The_Neglected_Authors_-_Russian_Men.jpg?v=1771418106","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/the-neglected-authors-russian-men-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}