From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature - including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tols
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida
β Scribed by Various, Robert Chandler
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 656
- Series
- Penguin Classics
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This original anthology of short stories covers two centuries of Russian literary tradition, from the early nineteenth century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, and includes not only well-known classics but also modern masterpiecesβmany of them previously censored.
- First time in Penguin Classics
- Features an introduction to the history of the Russian short story, prefaces to the individual writers, chronology, explanatory notes, and suggestions for further reading
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From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature - including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tols
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