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The Giants of Russian Literature: The Greatest Russian Novels, Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends

Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Herman Bernstein,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Ivan Goncharov

Author : Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Herman Bernstein,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Ivan Goncharov
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 9091 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : EAN:8596547717652

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The Giants of Russian Literature: The Greatest Russian Novels, Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends by Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Herman Bernstein,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Ivan Goncharov Pdf

This unique collection of the greatest novesl, short stories & plays in Russian literature has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards: Introduction: The Rise of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard... Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch... Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe... Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists

The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends

Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov

Author : Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 9335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547394204

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The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends by Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov Pdf

DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited collection of the greatest Russian classics: Introduction: The History of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls A Hero of Our Time Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin) The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard... Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Nikolai Evreinov: A Merry Death The Beautiful Despot Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch... Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe... Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists

Russian Classics Ultimate Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends

Author : Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 9327 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547717669

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Russian Classics Ultimate Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends by Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov Pdf

DigiCat presents to you a meticulously edited collection of Russian classics. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Introduction: The History of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls A Hero of Our Time Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin) The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard... Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Nikolai Evreinov: A Merry Death The Beautiful Despot Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch... Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe... Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists

RUSSIAN LEGACY Boxed Set: The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends

Author : Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 9324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547772439

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RUSSIAN LEGACY Boxed Set: The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends by Leonid Andreyev,Saki,Maxim Gorky,Ivan Turgenev,Anton Chekhov,Mikhail Lermontov,Leo Tolstoy,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Alexander Pushkin,Nikolai Gogol,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,H. H. Munro,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov Pdf

Presenting to you the world's most famous writers from Russia and their most memorable creations in a convenient and creative e-book edition. This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: The History of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls A Hero of Our Time Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin) The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard... Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Nikolai Evreinov: A Merry Death The Beautiful Despot Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch... Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe... Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists

Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov

Author : Ivan Goncharov
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547771937

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Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov Pdf

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature. Oblomov is a young, generous nobleman who seems incapable of making important decisions or undertaking any significant actions. Throughout the novel he rarely leaves his room or bed. The book was considered a satire of Russian intelligentsia. The novel was popular when it came out, and some of its characters and devices have imprinted on Russian culture and language.

RUSSIAN LEGACY Boxed Set: The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends

Mikhail Lermontov,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,Alexander Pushkin,Anton Chekhov,Ivan Turgenev,Maxim Gorky,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,Leonid Andreyev,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov,Saki,H. H. Munro

Author : Mikhail Lermontov,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,Alexander Pushkin,Anton Chekhov,Ivan Turgenev,Maxim Gorky,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,Leonid Andreyev,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov,Saki,H. H. Munro
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 9301 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664127662

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RUSSIAN LEGACY Boxed Set: The Greatest Russian Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Folk Tales & Legends by Mikhail Lermontov,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Leo Tolstoy,Nikolai Gogol,Alexander Pushkin,Anton Chekhov,Ivan Turgenev,Maxim Gorky,M.Y. Saltykov,V.G. Korolenko,V.N. Garshin,F.K. Sologub,I.N. Potapenko,S.T. Semyonov,Leonid Andreyev,M.P. Artzybashev,A.I. Kuprin,Nikolai Evreinov,Denis Fonvizin,Ivan Goncharov,Saki,H. H. Munro Pdf

Presenting to you the world's most famous writers from Russia and their most memorable creations in a convenient and creative e-book edition. This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: The History of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls A Hero of Our Time Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilych The Kreutzer Sonata Anton Chekhov: The Steppe: The Story of a Journey Ward No. 6 Mother (Maxim Gorky) Satan's Diary (Leonid Andreyev) Plays: The Choice of a Tutor (Denis Fonvizin) The Inspector General; or, The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol) Anton Chekhov: On the High Road Swan Song, A Play in one Act Ivanoff The Anniversary; or, the Festivities The Three Sisters The Cherry Orchard… Leo Tolstoy: The Power of Darkness The First Distiller Fruits of Culture The Live Corpse The Cause of it All The Light Shines in Darkness Leonid Andreyev: Savva The Life of Man Nikolai Evreinov: A Merry Death The Beautiful Despot Short Stories: The Queen of Spades The Cloak The District Doctor The Christmas Tree and the Wedding God Sees the Truth, but Waits How A Muzhik Fed Two Officials The Shades, a Phantasy The Heavenly Christmas Tree The Peasant Marey The Crocodile Bobok The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Mumu The Viy Knock, Knock, Knock The Inn Lieutenant Yergunov's Story The Dog The Watch… Russian Folk Tales & Legends: The Fiend The Dead Mother The Dead Witch The Treasure The Cross-Surety The Awful Drunkard The Bad Wife The Golovikha The Three Copecks The Miser The Fool and the Birch-Tree The Mizgir The Smith and the Demon Ivan Popyalof The Norka Marya Morevna Koshchei the Deathless The Water Snake The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise The Baba Yaga Vasilissa the Fair The Witch The Witch and the Sun's Sister One-Eyed Likho Woe… Essays: On Russian Novelists Lectures on Russian Novelists

Greatest Russian Short Stories

Various

Author : Various
Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9354409202

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Greatest Russian Short Stories by Various Pdf

Russian short fiction is known for its intellectual genius and huge body of works that explore the themes of happiness, melancholy, love, and family. This anthology brings together iconic stories written by the most celebrated Russian writers like Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and Anton Chekhov. A celebration of the golden age of Russian literature! - The best of Russian short fiction in an anthology! - Experience the unique charm of the short stories that will compel you to think! - Short stories from the bestselling authors of all time who have defined literature over the years - Stories that represent human nature in all its colours and glory - Revel in these short and crisp stories that bring together different slices of life

GREATEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES

Gogol,Tchekhov,Gorki,Turguenev,Dostoevsky,Potapenko,Saltykov

Author : Gogol,Tchekhov,Gorki,Turguenev,Dostoevsky,Potapenko,Saltykov
Publisher : LeBooks Editora
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786558941170

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GREATEST RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES by Gogol,Tchekhov,Gorki,Turguenev,Dostoevsky,Potapenko,Saltykov Pdf

It is true that we think of novels before short stories when considering the Russian literary tradition, but all the great novelists wrote peerless short stories as well. And considering their profound influence on Russian novels and also operas, those short stories are sometimes unjustly overlooked. For the readers, the short story form is certainly a lot easier to assimilate – many of the great Russian short stories are real page-turners, and fun to read. They can provide an ideal introduction to Russian literature for anyone intimidated by the big novels and tend to cover a far wider social and geographical spectrum, so are just as valuable as sources of insight into the Russian mentality, past and present .In Great Russian Short Stories, the reader will find a great selection of short stories, written by notorious Russian authors, such as Gogol, Dostoevsky, Gorky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov... among others.

Folk Tales From the Russian

Verra de Blumenthal

Author : Verra de Blumenthal
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798604831397

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Folk Tales From the Russian by Verra de Blumenthal Pdf

In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya," the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the last echoes of the nation's early joys and sufferings, hopes and fears, are passing away. The student of folklore knows that the time has come when haste is needed to catch these vanishing songs of the nation's youth and to preserve them for the delight of future generations. In sending forth the stories in the present volume, all of which are here set down in print for the first time, it is my hope that they may enable American children to share with the children of Russia the pleasure of glancing into the magic world of the old Slavic nation.

Greatest Russian Stories

Various

Author : Various
Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354405827

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Greatest Russian Stories by Various Pdf

" Everything is subordinated to two main requirements-- humanitarian ideals and fidelity to life. This is the secret of the marvellous simplicity of Russian literary art." -- Thomas Seltzer When the greatest writers of Russia penned stories, they created iconic works that were not just centred in their own country but spoke of something universal in nature. This is why people still partake in the simple delights of Russian fiction. From stories addressing love, human welfare, political turmoil, to the struggle of common man and class issues, this is art that moves, inspires, and closely mirrors life itself. This collection is a treasure trove that holds the greatest stories of the most celebrated writers of Russian and world literature, including Alexander Pushkin's ' The Queen of Spades', Fyodor Dostoevsky's ' White Nights', Anton Chekhov's ' The Lady with the Dog' and ' The Bet', Tolstoy's ' How Much Land Does a Man Need' and ' Where Love Is There God Is Also', and many more.

The Possessed or the Devils

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786155565076

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The Possessed or the Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Pdf

"Strike me dead, the track has vanished, Well, what now? We've lost the way, Demons have bewitched our horses, Led us in the wilds astray. "What a number! Whither drift they? What's the mournful dirge they sing? Do they hail a witch's marriage Or a goblin's burying?" Pushkin. "And there was one herd of many swine feeding on this mountain; and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. "Then went the devils out of the man and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were choked. "When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. "Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid." Luke, ch. viii. 32-37. IN UNDERTAKING to describe the recent and strange incidents in our town, till lately wrapped in uneventful obscurity, I find myself forced in absence of literary skill to begin my story rather far back, that is to say, with certain biographical details concerning that talented and highly-esteemed gentleman, Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky. I trust that these details may at least serve as an introduction, while my projected story itself will come later. I will say at once that Stepan Trofimovitch had always filled a particular rôle among us, that of the progressive patriot, so to say, and he was passionately fond of playing the part—so much so that I really believe he could not have existed without it. Not that I would put him on a level with an actor at a theatre, God forbid, for I really have a respect for him. This may all have been the effect of habit, or rather, more exactly of a generous propensity he had from his earliest years for indulging in an agreeable day-dream in which he figured as a picturesque public character. He fondly loved, for instance, his position as a "persecuted" man and, so to speak, an "exile." There is a sort of traditional glamour about those two little words that fascinated him once for all and, exalting him gradually in his own opinion, raised him in the course of years to a lofty pedestal very gratifying to vanity. In an English satire of the last century, Gulliver, returning from the land of the Lilliputians where the people were only three or four inches high, had grown so accustomed to consider himself a giant among them, that as he walked along the streets of London he could not help crying out to carriages and passers-by to be careful and get out of his way for fear he should crush them, imagining that they were little and he was still a giant. He was laughed at and abused for it, and rough coachmen even lashed at the giant with their whips. But was that just? What may not be done by habit? Habit had brought Stepan Trofimovitch almost to the same position, but in a more innocent and inoffensive form, if one may use such expressions, for he was a most excellent man.

Tales from Russian Folklore

Alexander Afanasyev

Author : Alexander Afanasyev
Publisher : Alma Classics
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 184749837X

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Tales from Russian Folklore by Alexander Afanasyev Pdf

Presented in a brand new translation, this most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales will enchant readers for their raw beauty and constant ability to surprise and excite. Towards the middle of the nineteenth century, following the example of the Brothers Grimm in Germany, Alexander Afanasyev embarked on the ambitious task of sifting through the huge repository of tales from Russian folklore and selecting the very best from written and oral sources. The result, an eight-volume collection comprising around 600 stories, is one of the most influential and enduringly popular books in Russian literature. This large selection from Afanasyev's work, presented in a new translation by Stephen Pimenoff, will give English readers the opportunity to discover one of the founding texts of the European folkloristic tradition. Displaying a vast array of unforgettable characters, such as the Baba-Yaga, Ivan the Fool, Vasilisa the Fair and the Firebird, these tales--by turns adventurous, comical and downright madcap--will enchant readers for their raw beauty and constant ability to surprise and excite.

Russian Folk-Tales

Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev

Author : Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465592989

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Russian Folk-Tales by Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev Pdf

The principal source for Russian folk-tales is the great collection of Afanáśev, a coeval of Rybnikov, Kirěyevski, Sakharov, Bezsonov, and others who all from about 1850 to 1870 laboriously took down from the lips of the peasants of all parts of Russia what they could of the endless store of traditional song, ballad, and folk-tale. These great collectors were actuated only by the desire for accuracy; they appended laboriously erudite notes; but they were not literary men and did not sophisticate, or improve on their material. But, before venturing on a brief account of the tales, something must be premised as to the position occupied by folk-tales in the cultural development of a people. In Pagan times, there always existed a double religion, the ceremonial worship of the gods of nature and the tribal deities,—a realm of thought in which all current philosophy and idealism entered into a set form that symbolized the State,—and also local cults and superstitions, the adoration of the spirits of streams, wells, hills, etc. To all Aryan peoples, Nature has always been alive, but never universalized, or romanticized, as in modern days; wherever you were, the brook, the wind, the knoll, the stream were all inhabited by agencies, which could be propitiated, cajoled, threatened, but, under all conditions, were personal forces, who could not be disregarded. When Christianity transformed the face of the world, it necessarily left much below the surface unaffected. The great national divinities were proscribed and submerged; some of their features reappearing in the legendary feats of the saints. The local cults continued, with this difference, that they were now condemned by the Church and became clandestine magic; or else they were adopted by the Church, and the rites and sanctuaries transferred. The memory of them subsisted; the fear of these local gods degenerated into superstition; the magic of the folk-tales becomes half-fantastic, half-conventional, belief in which is surreptitious, usual, and optional. At this stage of disorganization of local custom, folk-tales arise, and into them, transmitted as they are orally and under the ban of the Church, contaminations of all sorts creep, such as mistaken etymologies, faint memories of real history, reminiscences of lost folk-songs, Christian legend and morals, etc. The Russian people have handed down three categories of records. First of all, the Chronicles, which are very full, very accurate, and, within the limits of the temporary concepts of possibility and science, absolutely true. Secondly, the ballads or bylíny; epic songs in an ancient metre, narrating historical episodes as they occur; and also comprising a cycle of heroic romance, comparable with the chansons de geste of Charlemagne, the cycles of Finn and Cuchúlain of the Irish, and possibly with the little minor epics out of which it is supposed that some supreme Greek genius built up the artistic epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey. These bylíny may be ranked as fiction: i.e. as facts of real life (as then understood), applied to non-existent, unvouched, or legendary individuals. They are not bare records of fact, like the Chronicles; imagination enters into their scope; non-human, miraculous incidents are allowable; their content is not a matter for faith or factual record; they may be called historical fiction, which, broadly taken, corresponded to actual events, and typified the national strivings and ideals. The traditional ceremonial songs, magical incantations and popular melodies are of the same date and in the same style.

Best Russian Short Stories

Leonid Andreyev et al.

Author : Leonid Andreyev et al.
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8196160461

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"Best Russian Short Stories" is an anthology edited by David Widger that brings together a collection of outstanding literary works from some of Russia's most celebrated authors. This anthology showcases the richness of Russian literature, offering a diverse selection of short stories that span different periods and themes. Inside the book, readers can expect to encounter the genius of renowned writers such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, and many others. Each story offers a unique glimpse into Russian culture, society, and the human condition, showcasing the depth and complexity of Russian storytelling. David Widger's anthology provides a wonderful opportunity to explore the works of these literary giants in a convenient and accessible format. Whether you're a fan of Russian literature or simply seeking to discover some of the finest short stories from this rich literary tradition, the book offers a captivating journey through the minds and hearts of Russia's greatest storytellers.

Folk Tales From the Russian (Classic Reprint)

Verra X. Kalamatiano De Blumenthal

Author : Verra X. Kalamatiano De Blumenthal
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 158 pages
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Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1333851049

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Excerpt from Folk Tales From the Russian N Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical Spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted nyanya, the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the last echoes of the nation's early joys and sufferings, hopes and fears, are passing away. The student of folk-lore knows that the time has come when haste is needed to catch these van ishing songs of the nation's youth and to pre serve them for the delight of future generations. In sending forth the stories in the present vol ume, all of which are here set down in print for the first time, it is my hope that they may enable American children to share with the children of Russia the pleasure of glancing into the magic world of the old Slavic nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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