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The book is about a girl who was unhappy and sick, for which doctors have no cure. Finally it was the bond she forged with an elephant that helped her overcome the indifference to life. The original story is by Aleksandr Kuprin, a prominent Russian author from the early 20th century. However, this book has been rewritten, in parts, to make it palatable to the modern readers.
Most importantly, the original illustrations have completely been replaced by cartoon illustrations generated/transformed by Artificial Intelligence. The intent was to make the original story a fun read for people of all ages.
Most importantly, the original illustrations have completely been replaced by cartoon illustrations generated/transformed by Artificial Intelligence. The intent was to make the original story a fun read for people of all ages.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1907
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About the author
Aleksandr Kuprin
915 books156 followersAleksandr Kuprin (Russian: Александр Иванович Куприн; 7 September 1870 in the village of Narovchat in the Penza Oblast - August 25, 1938 in Leningrad) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer who is perhaps best known for his story The Duel (1905). Other well-known works include Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), Junior Captain Rybnikov (1906), Emerald (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) (which was made into a 1965 movie). Vladimir Nabokov styled him the Russian Kipling for his stories about pathetic adventure-seekers, who are often "neurotic and vulnerable."
Kuprin was a son of Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin, a minor government official who died of cholera during 1871 at the age of thirty-seven years. His mother, Liubov' Alekseevna Kuprina, Tatar princess (of the Kulunchakovs), like many other nobles in Russia, had lost most of her wealth during the 19th century. Kuprin attended the Razumovsky boarding school during 1876, and during 1880 finished his education in the Second Moscow Military High School (Cadet Corps) and Alexander Military School, spending a total of ten years in these elite military institutions. His first short story, The Last Debut, was published during 1889 in a satirical periodical. "In February 1902, Kuprin and Maria Karlovna Davydova were married, their daughter Lidia born in 1903." Kuprin's mother died during 1910.
Kuprin ended military service during 1894, after which he tried many types of job, including provincial journalism, dental care, land surveying, acting, circus performer, church singer, doctor, hunter, fisher, etc. Reportedly, "all of these were subsequently reflected in his fiction." His first essays were published in Kiev in two collections. Reportedly, "although he lived in an age when writers were carried away by literary experiments, Kuprin did not seek innovation and wrote only about the things he himself had experienced and his heroes are the next generation after Chekhov's pessimists."
Although the 1896 short story Moloch first made his name known as a writer, it was his novel The Duel (1905) which made him famous. "Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. After publication of The Duel he paid less and less interest to fancy literature and began to spend time in pubs and brothels. His sensationalist novel about the lurid life of prostitutes, The Pit (1915), was accused by Russian critics of excessive Naturalism.
Although not a conservative, he did not agree with Bolshevism. While working for a brief time with Maxim Gorky at the World Literature publishing company, he criticized the Soviet regime. During spring 1919, from Gatchina near Petrograd, Kuprin left the country for France. He lived in Paris for most of the next 17 years, succumbing to alcoholism. He wrote about this in much of his work. He eventually returned to Moscow on May 31, 1937, just a year before his death, at the height of the Great Purge. His return earned publication of his works within the Soviet Union.
Kuprin died during the spring of 1938 in Leningrad and is interred near his fellow writers at the Literaturskiye Mostki in the Volkovo Cemetery (Volkovskoye Memorial Cemetery) in Leningrad. A minor planet 3618 Kuprin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after him.
Reportedly, "even today, Alexander Kuprin remains one of the widest read classics in Russian literature", with many films based on his works, "which are also read over the radio", partly due to "his vivid stories of the lives of ordinary people and unhappy love, his descriptions of the military and brothels, making him a writer for all times and places."
Kuprin was a son of Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin, a minor government official who died of cholera during 1871 at the age of thirty-seven years. His mother, Liubov' Alekseevna Kuprina, Tatar princess (of the Kulunchakovs), like many other nobles in Russia, had lost most of her wealth during the 19th century. Kuprin attended the Razumovsky boarding school during 1876, and during 1880 finished his education in the Second Moscow Military High School (Cadet Corps) and Alexander Military School, spending a total of ten years in these elite military institutions. His first short story, The Last Debut, was published during 1889 in a satirical periodical. "In February 1902, Kuprin and Maria Karlovna Davydova were married, their daughter Lidia born in 1903." Kuprin's mother died during 1910.
Kuprin ended military service during 1894, after which he tried many types of job, including provincial journalism, dental care, land surveying, acting, circus performer, church singer, doctor, hunter, fisher, etc. Reportedly, "all of these were subsequently reflected in his fiction." His first essays were published in Kiev in two collections. Reportedly, "although he lived in an age when writers were carried away by literary experiments, Kuprin did not seek innovation and wrote only about the things he himself had experienced and his heroes are the next generation after Chekhov's pessimists."
Although the 1896 short story Moloch first made his name known as a writer, it was his novel The Duel (1905) which made him famous. "Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. After publication of The Duel he paid less and less interest to fancy literature and began to spend time in pubs and brothels. His sensationalist novel about the lurid life of prostitutes, The Pit (1915), was accused by Russian critics of excessive Naturalism.
Although not a conservative, he did not agree with Bolshevism. While working for a brief time with Maxim Gorky at the World Literature publishing company, he criticized the Soviet regime. During spring 1919, from Gatchina near Petrograd, Kuprin left the country for France. He lived in Paris for most of the next 17 years, succumbing to alcoholism. He wrote about this in much of his work. He eventually returned to Moscow on May 31, 1937, just a year before his death, at the height of the Great Purge. His return earned publication of his works within the Soviet Union.
Kuprin died during the spring of 1938 in Leningrad and is interred near his fellow writers at the Literaturskiye Mostki in the Volkovo Cemetery (Volkovskoye Memorial Cemetery) in Leningrad. A minor planet 3618 Kuprin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after him.
Reportedly, "even today, Alexander Kuprin remains one of the widest read classics in Russian literature", with many films based on his works, "which are also read over the radio", partly due to "his vivid stories of the lives of ordinary people and unhappy love, his descriptions of the military and brothels, making him a writer for all times and places."
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August 25, 2017
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October 15, 2017
Сказка: скажет читатель. Уступки возможны, сделай всё для их достижения. Слон всегда может появиться, где его не ждут. Не имеет значения какими последствиями это обернётся. Ребёнок окажется счастлив, перестанет хандрить и поправится. Но люди вокруг него уже сошли с ума от искажённой картины мировосприятия. Они погружаются в мысли о невозможном, представляя, якобы слон податлив и совершает требуемые от него действия. Ребёнок в самом деле выздоровел, только как быть теперь со слоном?
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January 9, 2021
As a child, I had this book in Romanian. My mother must have given it away, but I longed to have it back and I managed to find this edition - in Spanish. It was special to me because I was often I'll and spent my time in bed, couldn't eat much, but my grandmother made me feel better by bringing me books.
As an adult, I no longer enjoy it so much, but it makes me somewhat nostalgic.
As an adult, I no longer enjoy it so much, but it makes me somewhat nostalgic.
January 19, 2022
The Elephant by Aleksandr Kuprin- Illustrator David Borovsky- Russian to English translator Fainna Solasko- English to Hindi language translator Yogendra Nagpal- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The Book narrates the story of a six -year old girl named Nadia daughter of Sasha who is ill. She is under the treatment of Dr. Mickhail Petrovich. Doctor is tall, white hair and wears golden framed spectacles. On some days, the Doctor visits her alone and some days his assistants arrive with him. Doctor is unable to diagnose the ailment with which she is suffering. Nadia is always sad. Therefore, he suggests to his parents that they must enquire and fulfil her wishes. Her parents enquire whether she wants dolls, toys or they should invite her friends Katya & Jenya to come to her residence. She refuses and lies down on the bed. Nadia dreams that she is with an elephant. In the morning, she informs her parents about her dream and requests them to bring an elephant to her house to play with her. Her father asks her mother Olga to bring his clothes. Her mother Masha brings his clothes and he goes to the market, buys a toy elephant for her but Nadia refuses the elephant and demands a live elephant. Sasha visits a circus show and finds that the German owner of the circus owns three elephants. He tells the owner about Tanya’s condition and proposes that the youngest elephant be sent to his house. Circus owner asks him to make proper arrangements and permissions from Police & local authorities. Circus owner says that he has a 6-year old daughter Liza therefore, he will send his elephant. At Nadia’s residence, the elephant has to climb the stairs. Sasha provides a fruit cake to the German. He gives ¼ cake to the elephant who eats it. Nadia wakes up and her mother informs her that the elephant has arrived, therefore, she must dress up, eat and be ready. Nadia agrees and is soon ready to meet the elephant. Nadia sits in baby trolley and comes to the large lunch room and views the elephant. Nadia is not afraid of the elephant. With the help of the German, she touches the elephant’s trunk in a show of friendship. Elephant’s name is Tommy. Nadia claps her hands. She is happy in Tommy’s company. Sasha brings 6- pieces of sweet bread for Tommy. Nadia introduces her dolls Sonya & Matrayoska with Tommy. Tommy sits down and eats his lunch. Nadia also eats her lunch. Nadia goes to sleep and dreams that she has married Tommy and has many children. When Nadia wakes up in the morning, she finds that her sadness has evaporated. She enquires about Tommy. Nadia eats her breakfast and is happy. Coloured illustrations help the reader in relating to the story. I have the Hindi translation of this book.
June 20, 2021
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August 3, 2021
Next time it'll be a diplodocus.
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August 17, 2022A great reading book for kids. It is entertaining and inspiring, soul atoning.
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December 10, 2023
قصة للأطفال خيالها جميل وساحر استمعت بها
December 16, 2023
Это простая сказка для детей. я только очень рад что я мог это прочитать свободны.
October 31, 2014
Что делать, если заболевший не поддающийся лечению ребёнок захотел слона? Как быть, если кроме слона, у угасающей девочки нет никаких желаний? Перед этими вопросами поставила маленькая Надя своих родителей. Куприн довольно трогательно поведал о странном желании ребёнка, о родителях столкнувшихся с этим желанием , но главным образом об отце. Рассказ поведает о том, как исполненное любящим отцом желание вернуло к жизни ребёнка.
October 12, 2015
Очень добрая, светлая история. Давно известно, как животные помогают выздороветь больным деткам. Немного наивно и сказочно, но так трогательно и мило.
May 3, 2017
мне очень понравилась этот Рассказ .
вот линк на сайте soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-490251532...
текст рассказа
http://lib.ru/LITRA/KUPRIN/elephant.txt
мультфильм
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP7eq...
вот линк на сайте soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-490251532...
текст рассказа
http://lib.ru/LITRA/KUPRIN/elephant.txt
мультфильм
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP7eq...
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