A hideously staring figure approaches...

...a man in a chair, recoiling from it.

In 1914 The Strand published the first English translation of 'The Apparition' by Ivan #Turgenev, accompanied by a dramatic double-page illustration by Ernest Wallcousins. (I've had to scan it in two parts otherwise I'd have damaged the volume's spine)
#PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly #RussianWriters

Today’s #reading. I am thoroughly enjoying this. I’d never read #DaniilKharms before, but a friend recommended him and I could never be more thankful. #Booksky💙📚 #RussianWriters #read #books

I LOVE SKETCHES FROM RUSSIAN WRITERS SO MUCH....
This is a sketch of Repin by Mayakovsky. Repin said about the drawing: "extremely realistic!". Mayakovsky still has many drawings in his letters to Lilya Brik. Be sure to watch!
#Mayakovsky #Repin #sketches #Russianwriters #Russia #writers