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Russia in 1919
Arthur Ransome
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The book was not written but the idea that instinctively came to him pervades his every utterance on things Russian. The versatile man who commands more than respect as the biographer of Poe and Wilde; as the (translator of and commentator on Remy de Gourmont; as a folklorist, has shown himself to be consecrated to the truth. The document that Mr. Ransome hurried out of Russia in the early days of the Soviet government (printed in the New Republic and then widely circulated as a pamphlet), was the first notable appeal from a non-Russian to the American people for fair play in a crisis understood then even less than now. The British Who's Who--that Almanach de Gotha of people who do things or choose their parents wisely--tells us that Mr. Ransome's recreations are "walking, smoking, fairy stories." It is, perhaps, his intimacy with the last named that enables him to distinguish between myth and fact and that makes his activity as an observer and recorder so valuable in a day of bewilderment and betrayal.
The book was not written but the idea that instinctively came to him pervades his every utterance on things Russian. The versatile man who commands more than respect as the biographer of Poe and Wilde; as the (translator of and commentator on Remy de Gourmont; as a folklorist, has shown himself to be consecrated to the truth. The document that Mr. Ransome hurried out of Russia in the early days of the Soviet government (printed in the New Republic and then widely circulated as a pamphlet), was the first notable appeal from a non-Russian to the American people for fair play in a crisis understood then even less than now. The British Who's Who--that Almanach de Gotha of people who do things or choose their parents wisely--tells us that Mr. Ransome's recreations are "walking, smoking, fairy stories." It is, perhaps, his intimacy with the last named that enables him to distinguish between myth and fact and that makes his activity as an observer and recorder so valuable in a day of bewilderment and betrayal.
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Thus far only read the first volume (Six Weeks in Russia 1919), which is simply outstanding. Ransome was no Bolshevik, which makes his spirited, generous and beautifully written account of what he saw all the more remarkable. He saw the revolution as it was, accepted it on its own terms, plainly and
Ransome visited Russia in early 1919 when living conditions were frightful but hopes remained high for the future. Militarily the Bolsheviks were under heavy threat but the workers of Petrograd and Moscow who had won the October Revolution still held grimly onto power. Ransome’s brief but elegantly
Ransome was a British journalist and folklorist who originally had an interest in Russia from a visit to research their folklore just before World War I. He learned to speak the language and met influential communists (he also had socialist leanings) that were handy to know when he returned to visit
This is my first read on the Russian revolution and I must say I am now hooked to read more on this topic. I began by reading Arthur's letter titled 'The Truth about Russia' and proceeded to read this short book which gives a live account of the period post the October revolution.
The author has don
My only qualm with this book is that it was short. It’s so fascinating reading these first hand accounts from a bourgeois editor from England who sympathized with the soviets.
Why 4 stars: Too short! I wanted more!!
(read in Jomtien, Thailand)
This book will have no meaning for you if you do not have at least a rudimentary knowledge of the Russian Revolution and the eventual takeover by the Bolsheviks. On the other hand, it is chilling to read Ransome's recounting of conversations he had with several devoted Bolsheviks, when you realize t
Arthur Ransome reported his visit to Russia in his role as a reporter and describes the situation in Revolutionary Russia with candour in his wonderfully clear writing style. He meets and has conversations with a spectrum of the Russians in this historic era, including 2 meetings with Lenin.
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