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 RUSSIAN LITERATURE 13 It has also the peculiarly Russian quality of un- exaggerated realism. Maurice Baring. (1) Krylov's life. (2) His fables, with examples. See Wiener. An- thology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 41-6. Recommended Reading Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, v. 2, p. 27-46, 55-67. References Baring. Outline of Russian literature, p. 32-42. Brandes. Impressions of Russia, p. 222-7. Bruckner. Literary history of Russia, p. 120-3, 148-50, 168-74. Hapgood. Survey of Russian literature, p. 102-12. Kropotkin. Russian literature, p. 60-1 ; Same. Kropotkin. Ideals and realities in Russian literature, p. 60-1. Turner. Studies in Russian literature, p. 95-154. Vogue. Russian novel, p. 48-52; Same. Vogue. Russian novelists. P- 36-43. Waliszewski. History of Russian literature, p. 133-53. Wolkonsky. Pictures of Russian history and literature, p. 175- 84. 2. A dramatist and two poets. a Alexsandr Sergyeevich Griboyedov, 1795-1829. It was a time that was already vanishing which, at the last moment Griboedov's dramatic lens caught: soon all these figures were to belong to history. But not one of them was imaginary : the public was attracted or repelled by the fidelity of this gallery of portraits of ancestors and contempo- raries. A. Bruckner. (1) His life. (2) His dramas. (3) "Intelligence comes to grief ' ("Gore ot ouma") ("Woe from wit") ("The mischief of being clever") ("The misfortune of being too clever"). (4) His other work,