Petersburg slums. A set of 2 books. Krestovsky V.V.

Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (1840 - 1895) - writer and literary critic, gifted narrator and journalist.

novel “Petersburg slums” - a bestseller of Russian literature, one of the first appeals to the criminal world. Read about St. Petersburg of the 19th century, with its dazzling palaces and embankments, dirty gateways, overnight stays and prisons. In the adventurous plot, the fate of the heroes of different social groups were expertly intertwined: princes and ladies of the High World, depraved women, thieves and killers.

Based on the novel, the series “Petersburg Secrets” was shot (1994-1998)