Notes on Fishing
1846
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Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book and Russia's first angling treatise. It presents a Russian gentleman's observations on the fishing tackle, angling techniques, and fish species he came to know during five decades of adventure-filled fishing in the vast Russian steppe and the environs of Moscow. But it is goes beyond a mere discourse on angling, offering philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist observations. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia.
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Authors
Сергей Аксаков
Author · 2 books
Сергей Тимофеевич Аксаков (Sergei Aksakov) — русский писатель, государственный чиновник и общественный деятель, литературный и театральный критик, мемуарист, автор книг о рыбалке и охоте, лепидоптеролог. Отец русских писателей и общественных деятелей славянофилов: Константина, Ивана и Веры Аксаковых. Член-корреспондент Императорской Санкт-Петербургской Академии наук.
Sergei Aksakov
Author · 7 books
Acclaimed for his realistic prose, Sergei Timofeyevich Aksakov (1791–1859) captured the essence of Russian life in his trilogy of reminiscences—A Russian Gentleman, Years of Childhood, and A Russian Schoolboy. He also wrote literary sketches, and appreciations of hunting and fishing. Nikolai Gogol, a friend and correspondent, once wrote to Aksakov: "Your birds and fishes are more real than my men and women."
