Of the several villains in the book, Kazbich and his florid speech (as rendered by Maksim Maksimich) are an obvious product of lit...erary orientalia, while the American reader may be excused for substituting the Indians of Fenimore Cooper for Lermontov's Circassians.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Of the other characters in the book there is, likewise, little to say. The most endearing one is obviously the old Captain Maksim ...Maksimich, stolid, gruff, naively poetical, matter-of- fact, simple-hearted, and completely neurotic.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You will recall the proud statement made recently by a Fascist general--"We have four columns in front of Madrid and a fifth insid...e the city."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »