With The Tales of Belkin, Pushkin started what was a new epoch in Russian literature, introducing into its prose realistic and democratic trends.
For the first time the common man, his everyday life, his tastes, joys and sufferings, the essential tragedy of his existence in a world of social injustice, were shown in literature.
For the first time simple, clear narrative was substituted for high-flown description, far-fetched comparisons, and pompous metaphors quite alien to Russian speech, while colloquial dialogue and popular idiom acquired immense significance, lending freshness and resilience to the language.
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