Classic Short Stories from Russia

By Various

The distinctive voice of pre-revolutionary Russian fiction is well-represented in this collection of tales. And such stories there were to be told in a vast land of powerful nobles, rich landowners, and desperately poor peasants. Tolstoy's transformation from traditional noble to virtual ascetic becomes almost understandable as one experiences the compassionate expressions of the eight writers whose work appears here. Their period of Russian history has long fascinated readers of Western literature, and the contributions of these writers has played a significant role in our continuing fascination. SELECTIONSAlexander Pushkin, THE QUEEN OF SPADESNikolai Gogol, THE OVERCOATIvan Turgenev, A STRANGE STORYFyodor Dostoyevsky, THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MANAnton Chekhov, VANKALeo Tolstoy, HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?Maxim Gorky, TWENTY-SIX MEN AND A GIRLLeonid Andreyev, LAZARUS

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508725624
• ISBN13: 9781508725626
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"