Scarlet Sails

Alexander Grin (real name: Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, 1880 –1932) — a famous writer and poet. «A foreigner in Russian literature» — this is how A. Grin was dubbed by literary critics. Before becoming a writer, A. Grin had to go through a difficult life path. He tried many professions: a sailor on a steamer, a fisherman, a laborer. He began to publish in 1906. The novella-fairy tale that glorified Alexander Grin, «Scarlet Sails», was first published in 1923. «A poem in prose» — this is how K. Paustovsky referred to this work. The significance of «Scarlet Sails» for Russian literature is hard to overestimate — it is a hymn to love, goodness, and unwavering faith in miracles. For middle school age.