#nevsky prospect

[maria-pelixowa]

[ahdndnaneb]

“‘God, what is our life! An eternal discord between dream and reality!’”

— Nikolai Gogol, “Nevsky Prospect”

[russia-libertaire]

"The phantasmal Petersburg of later Russian literature - of Dostoevsky, Alexander Blok, Andrei Bely - made its first appearance in Nevsky Prospect ... it is a landscape of mists, pale colors, dim light, the opposite of his native province, and peopled mainly by government officials of various ranks, among whom Gogol singled out a certain type of petty clerk, the 'eternal titular councillor' ... a type that became as perennial in Russian literature as the phantasmal city that somehow exudes him but will not house him."

Preface to The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, by Richard Pevear

[toneburst]

Ленинград, Невский проспект, 1985 / Leningrad, Nevsky prospect

[thestandrewknot]

Singer House, Saint Petersburg (by Matty Lees).

[goodoldtimesesthetique]

Great Gostiny Dvor, Nevsky Prospect (Nevsky Avenue), Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, 1910s (photo by Carl Oswald Bulla)

[incorrectlit]

Mood of the day:

“He lay in bed till noon, wishing to fall asleep”

- Nikolai Gogol, “Nevsky Prospect”

[iurgeyoutoacceptmeasyourruler]

Hm..