Happy everyday life. Tranquil years: stories

The book includes two stories by Vera Novitskaya, “Happy Everyday Life” and “Halcyon Years,” about the childhood of Musya Starobelskaya, a student at a closed girls’ gymnasium at the end of the 19th century. At the beginning of the book,... Musya is a frivolous, playful “cook,” ready to laugh and play pranks all day long. In the end - a talented young girl who is seriously thinking about the future. Next to Musya, her friends grow up, teachers and educators change. The stories are literally filled with living St. Petersburg of the 1890s with its rare sun and rain, everyday life and entertainment. They recreate in detail the unique atmosphere of the era in which the future writer spent her childhood and youth. For middle and high school age.