Russian Stories

Russian StoriesThe story, or novella, as a literary genre has a much shorter history in Russia than in some Western countries, but it has nevertheless produced important works by some of the greatest names in Russian literature. This dual language volume contains 12 such stories memorable tales by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev, Bunin, and other masters. Each selection is presented here in the original Russian with an excellent literal

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This edition makes The Four Books available for the first time in more than 200 years to the English-speaking public

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