Poems. Ballads. Epics

Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) in the history of Russian literature is known as one of the creators of the legendary image of Kozma Prutkov, on behalf of whom he with his brothers Alexei and Vladimir Pearzhnikov presented the readers a lot of immortal aphorisms and wise sayings. A. K. Tolstoy was also a wonderful prozaik (Roman "Prince Silver"), playwright, thin and spiritualized lyrics, the author of satirical poems, as well as ballads and epic, written on the most interesting historical material. Valery Breusov, Alexander Blok, Veliy Khusen, and Vladimir Mayakovsky, according to the testimony of Korni Chukovsky, knew the poetry of Tolstoy "by heart from the board to the board" and loved to read out loud. Many poems A. K. Tolstoy laid on the music and became famous romances, among which "my bells, flower than steppe", "then it was early in the spring", "of the noisy ball by chance ..." And others. The present edition includes the best one of the poetic heritage of this original master so versatile talent