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The peculiarity of Ivan Andreevich Krylov as a phenomenon lies in his ideal national purity. This is not about the fact that Krylov was a deep Russophile who denied everything foreign. Krylov created in his fables, perhaps the only image of the Russian people corresponding to the original. And he created it truly in Russian - simply, briefly and accurately, without the tinsel and fuss of Pushkin, without the dense confusion of Tolstoy and without the terrible visionary horrors of Dostoevsky. Krylov is great, enduring and valuable in itself.
For three thousand years, the literature of different peoples has known the names of many great poets, writers, playwrights, historians - several for each nation that managed to leave a mark on the mental history of man in the universe. But there are only four great fabulists. One of them is Ivan Andreevich Krylov.
This edition includes all the best dramatic works, fables, satire and reviews by Ivan Andreevich Krylov.
The first volume of the Works of I.A. Krylov includes prose: "Mail of Spirits" (a satirical magazine of one author), novels and satires.
The second volume was made up of fables, poems, plays.