The Twelve (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aleksandr Blok
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Ballad
- Time of Work: 1917
- Setting: Petrograd, Russia
- Principal Characters: Vanka, Petrukha (Petka), Katya
- Genres: Poetry, Ballad
- Subjects: Blizzards, Prisoners, Authors or writers, Leadership, Revolutions, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1910’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Patriotism, Jesus Christ, Russia or Russian people, Russian Revolution, Snow, Night
- Locales: Petrograd, Russia
The Story:
In a cold, snowy night a group of twelve revolutionaries was marching on a Petrograd street at the beginning of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. A blizzard was at full strength, but it did not slow down their advance. As they were marching on in the middle of the street, several bystanders on sidewalks were looking on with fear and incomprehension etched on their faces. First, there was an old woman who was trembling fearfully, afraid of the marchers and declaring that the Bolsheviks will be the death of her and people like her. Looking at the poster made of...
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