William Alexander Gerhardie bol anglo-ruský románopisec a dramatik, ktorý sa stal jedným z najuznávanejších anglických prozaikov 20. rokov. Jeho diela často čerpali z jeho skúseností v Rusku a z detstva v predrevolučnom Rusku, pričom silne čerpal z tragikomického štýlu ruských autorov ako Čechov. Gerhardieho romány, ako napríklad "Futility" a "The Polyglots", sú cenené pre svoje skúmanie tém ako "čakanie" a pre svoj komický nihilizmus. Hoci jeho hviezda po druhej svetovej vojne pohasla, jeho jedinečný literárny hlas a jeho vplyv na anglickú literatúru sú dodnes uznávané a jeho diela sú znovu objavované.
The Glasgow Boys revolutionized Scottish painting from 1880 until around 1895, although their influence lasted until just before World War 1. They painted outdoors, and captured a way of life that changed Scottish painting. This title introduces them.
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Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a "genius," William Gerhardie is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy Futility one of the century's neglected masterpieces. It tells the story of someone very similar to Gerhardie himself: a young Englishman raised in Russia who returns to St. Petersburg and falls in love with the daughter of a hilariously dysfunctional family--all played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching back and forth outside the parlor window. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, and with a large cast of memorable characters, this astoundingly funny and poignant novel is the tale of people persisting in love and hope despite the odds.
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene both acknowledged the influence of this remarkable autobiographical novel.