Maria Krestovskaya Vsevolodovna

The daughter of a famous writer's. Born in 1862, on a literary career came in 1885, Mr.. Originally prepared himself for the stage and for several years successfully performed in private theaters, but then gave herself entirely literary career. The first story: "The angle of the theatrical world" and "Early storm" (in Russian Messenger ") was known to her and subsequently her works were published in the Journal of Europe", "Russian Thought" and "Northern Messenger. Died in 1910 in his estate Mariokki, Finland. Tales and stories Krestovskaya even when her life came in a separate edition, in 4 volumes, and, in addition, a separate story "dancer" and "Confessions Mytischeva". Krestovskaya - typical woman writer. She focused mainly on women's issues: on love, family relations, discord between his beloved profession, and feeling, and did it with a purely feminine expansiveness and sincerity. But perhaps because of inherited literary inclinations, its rich emotional immediately was struck by it within bounds. Pero it, for all women of flexibility, often differs almost masculine restraint. In the formulation of women's issues, she feels a broad base of all mankind, and there's no feminist intolerance and bias. Lively and subtle mind, observation, and sense of proportion - the characteristics of the best works Krestovskaya. Among the novels and short stories on women's psychology, the distinguished first story: "The early storm and large, with a drama written, the novel" The dancer ". Apart stands the last, most mature product Krestovskaya Confession Mytischeva ", in which the writer first stops its attention on male psychology and the very aptly describes the characteristic for the end of the last century type nitssheantsa-degenerate. After the death of Krestovskaya in the Journal of Europe "(1912, X and XI) are placed beautifully written passages of memories. E. K.