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Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
xxxv, 347 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
In the final years of his life Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, while also writing short stories that rank among his masterpieces. In "The Lady with the Little Dog" a man and a woman indulge in an affair that could ruin both their marriages, but their feelings for each other compel them towards betrayal. "Peasants" focuses on the brutality of peasant life, where the locus of evil is the tavern, in which the men spend the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sound Room Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (137 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Black Monk is a tale of a man who blissfully chats with the vision of a wise, mysterious monk. In The Kiss an awkward young soldier is kissed by mistake. The Helpmate tells of a husband ensnared and Expensive Lessons of unrequited love.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
xxx, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Description
"In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army there as a cadet. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and provided the material for the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
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