The Created Legend

A novel by a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist Fyodor Sologub. The Created Legend appeared in the early twentieth century, offering a detailed account of Russian life during the revolution. The author managed to create a legend out of crude, poor everyday life. The mysterious personality and not less mysterious work of the author evoked numerous contradictory responses of critics – from enthusiastic to ironic. In spite of uniformity of theme (death) and monotony of metho