Жанр "Классическая отечественная проза на англ. языке"

In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him...

Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, including The Seagull-now a major motion picture...

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial...

The first story in this volume, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, is an amusing portrayal of two exceptionally close friends, the...

On a visit to a provincial town to see his sister Nina who is suffering from cancer, Alexei Laptev, who works for his father's...

As ideological ferment grips Russia, a small group of revolutionaries, led by Pyotr Verkhovensky and inspired by Nikolai...

The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. In this classic literary...

The civil servant Ivan Matveich and his wife Yelena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition – in a shopping arcade – of a...

Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918–19, The White Guard, Bulgakov’s first full-length novel,...

The pioneer of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted – through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays,...

Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden...

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Предлагаем вниманию читателей знаменитый роман советских писателей первой половины XX века Ильфа и Петрова "Двенадцать стульев",...

The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the...

A landmark anthology that will introduce many extraordinary, unknown Russian writers to an English-language readership for the...

The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya's liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she...

Hadji Murat, one of the most feared and venerated mountain chiefs in the Caucasian struggle against the Russians, defects from...

On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran...

One of the most accomplished authors in history, Tolstoy has inspired and influenced generations of readers. While celebrated for...

Maxim Gorky's short stories provide a candid and unflinching portrayal of life among the downtrodden of Russian society. Drawing...

Over the last fifteen years of his life, Tolstoy collected and published the maxims of some of the world's greatest masters of...

Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic...

A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of...

New translation by Hugh Aplin. Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence...

The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century...

One of the great achievements of twentieth-century Russian emigre literature, Dark Avenues - translated here for the first time...

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The...

Three great stories - The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance - the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an...

The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and...

Among the most famous works by the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) are his narrative poems. The book we offer to...

On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one...