Petersburg slums. Krestovsky V.V.

"Book of well -fed and hungry." One of the most popular works of Russian literature of the second half of the XIX century, which critics have repeatedly compared Eugene Xi Syu with the “Parisian Secrets”. Palaces and slums, the brilliant life of secular high society and the social bottom, dazzling St. Petersburg salons and evil places, princes, generals and scammers, depraved women and killers. A peculiar guide to St. Petersburg, described in such detail by Krestovsky, with its streets and houses, palaces and embankments responds in the hearts of readers and connects with the plot and the main characters, helping to imbue the atmosphere of this adventurous novel.