About the book: year / “The first thing that strikes you in The Bronze Horseman is the discrepancy between the plot of the story and its content. The story tells about a poor, insignificant St. Petersburg an official, some Eugene, stupid, unoriginal, no different from his brothers, who was in love with some Parasha, the daughter of a widow living by the seaside. The flood of 1824 destroyed their house; the widow and Parasha died. Evgeniy could not bear this misfortune and went crazy. One night, passing by the monument to Peter I, Eugene, in his madness, whispered several angry words to him, seeing in him the culprit of his disasters. Eugene’s frustrated imagination imagined that the bronze horseman was angry with him for this and chased him on his bronze horse. A few months later the madman died…»