The Blind Musician

The main character of the story "The Blind Musician" lives in a small town and earns a living by playing the violin. Music is for him a means of self-expression and a way to communicate with those around him. Life's difficulties helped him to look at himself and his blindness in a different way.
"The Blind Musician" — is a story about the strength of spirit, overcoming difficulties, and the search for happiness, about how important it is to see the true essence of things and not to be afraid of life.
The work will be interesting to schoolchildren and to anyone who appreciates deep, touching prose.

Vladimir Korolenko (1853 — 1921) — an outstanding Russian writer, journalist, publicist, and social activist, known as the "conscience of Russia". He was a principled human rights defender, speaking out against repression by both the tsarist authorities and the Bolsheviks, raising acute social issues.