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The Penguin Book of Russian Short Stories
From 1830 to the present day Russian writers have made a contribution to the short story unparalleled in any other national literature.
Twenty major Russian writers are represented in this collection, beginning with Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature, and concluding with contributions from such eminent modern writers as Vladimir Nabokov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The great novelists of the nineteenth century are included here, from Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky to Turgenev, alongside those writers who devoted their genius almost exclusively to the short story: Bunin, Babel and that master of the genre, Chekhov.
Twenty major Russian writers are represented in this collection, beginning with Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature, and concluding with contributions from such eminent modern writers as Vladimir Nabokov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The great novelists of the nineteenth century are included here, from Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky to Turgenev, alongside those writers who devoted their genius almost exclusively to the short story: Bunin, Babel and that master of the genre, Chekhov.
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367 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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David Richards
5 books1 followerDAVID RICHARDS is Assistant Director of the Northwood University Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, Maine. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of New Hampshire. David lives in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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September 3, 2019
Overall a pretty great collection. Here is the rankings of the individual stories;
1. The Nose by Gogol
2. The Scarlet Flower by Garshin
3. A Strange Man’s Dream by Dostoyevsky
4. The Party by Chekhov
5. Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
6. The Grand Slam by Andreev
7. After the Ball by Tolstoy
8. Ida by Bunin
9. The Shot by Pushkin
10. Bezhin Lea by Turgenev
11. The Make-Up Artist by Leskov
12. Guy de Maupassant by Babel
13. The Lion by Zamyatin
14. The Third Son by Platonov
15. Spring in Fialta by Nabokov
16. Zakhar-the-Pouch by Solzhenitsyn
17. On the Island by Kazakov
18. The Winter Oak by Nagibin
19. Taman by Lermontov
20. Streams Where the Trout Play by Paustovsky
1. The Nose by Gogol
2. The Scarlet Flower by Garshin
3. A Strange Man’s Dream by Dostoyevsky
4. The Party by Chekhov
5. Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
6. The Grand Slam by Andreev
7. After the Ball by Tolstoy
8. Ida by Bunin
9. The Shot by Pushkin
10. Bezhin Lea by Turgenev
11. The Make-Up Artist by Leskov
12. Guy de Maupassant by Babel
13. The Lion by Zamyatin
14. The Third Son by Platonov
15. Spring in Fialta by Nabokov
16. Zakhar-the-Pouch by Solzhenitsyn
17. On the Island by Kazakov
18. The Winter Oak by Nagibin
19. Taman by Lermontov
20. Streams Where the Trout Play by Paustovsky
January 7, 2022
I didn't read all the stories but from what I read was good.
May 26, 2020
Favorite stories from the collection:
The Nose by Gogol
The Scarlet Flower by Garshin
Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
Streams Where Trout Play by Paustovsky
The Winter Oak by Nagibin
The Nose by Gogol
The Scarlet Flower by Garshin
Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Gorky
Streams Where Trout Play by Paustovsky
The Winter Oak by Nagibin
January 1, 2017
One of the best collections of short stories I've ever read.
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