, ▁but ▁my ▁brother ▁won ' t ▁let ▁me . ▁He ▁says ▁it ' s ▁un se em ly ▁for ▁a ▁lady ." ... ▁Those ▁even ings ▁in ▁the ▁little ▁a partment , ▁when ▁his ▁close ▁literary ▁friends ▁gathered , ▁were ▁very ▁interesting . ▁ ▁Fame ▁and ▁marriage ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁Revolution ▁his ▁polit ically ▁critical ▁sk az och ki ▁(" l ittle ▁tales ") ▁were ▁very ▁popular ▁and ▁were ▁collected ▁into ▁a ▁book , ▁Polit ich esk ie ▁sk az och ki ▁( 1 9 0 6 ). ▁The ▁Pet ty ▁Dem on ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁stand alone ▁edition ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁and ▁quickly ▁became ▁popular , ▁having ▁ten ▁print ings ▁during ▁the ▁author ' s ▁lifetime . ▁S olog ub ' s ▁next ▁major ▁pro se ▁work , ▁A ▁Cre ated ▁Leg end ▁( 1 9 0 5 – 1 9 1 3 ) ▁( liter ally ▁" the ▁legend ▁in ▁the ▁making ," ▁a ▁tr il ogy ▁consisting ▁of ▁Dro ps ▁of ▁Blood , ▁Queen ▁Or tr uda , ▁and ▁Sm oke ▁and ▁Ash ), ▁had ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁characteristics ▁but ▁presented ▁a ▁consider ably ▁more ▁positive ▁and ▁hope ful ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁" It ▁begins ▁with ▁the ▁famous ▁declaration ▁that ▁although ▁life ▁is ▁' v ul gar ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁st agn ant ▁in ▁darkness , ▁d ull ▁and ▁ordinary ,' ▁the ▁poet ▁' cre ates ▁from ▁it ▁a ▁sweet ▁legend ▁. ▁. ▁.