James Meek: The Village Life LRBJune 11, 2019 For Pushkin, the country was both a place of tranquillity and beauty, and of boredom, though that boredom had a liberating effect, giving him the blank time his writing needed. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Read the full article.