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Modern Library (1925), Hardcover, 556 pages
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Literary Anthologies. Short Stories. HTML: For centuries, critics and fans alike have extolled the virtues of the Russian masters of fiction, with many ranking them among the foremost literary artists the world has ever produced. This volume collects finely crafted gems from the likes of Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky..
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LibraryThing member mausergem
This is a short story collection edited and compiled by Thomas Seltzer. It contains stories of the greats of Russian literature such as Gorky, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov and others.
The Russian short story writer is more concerned about the common man. His main theme is the common man
The Russian short story writer is more concerned about the common man. His main theme is the common man
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and his suffering. The best stories are The Cloak by NV Gogol, The Shades by VG Korolenko, The Darling by AP Chekhov and Lazarus by LN Andreyev were the stories I liked the best. Show Less
LibraryThing member leslie.98
A mixed collection - I really enjoyed Gogol's "The Cloak", Saltykov's "How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials", and Korolenko's "The Shades, a Phantasy" but disliked Andreyev's "Lazarus" and Artzybashev's "The Revolutionist". The others fell in between. This collection did give me a good sampling of
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classic Russian authors, including several I had never heard of before. Show Less
LibraryThing member leslie.98
A mixed collection - I really enjoyed Gogol's "The Cloak", Saltykov's "How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials", and Korolenko's "The Shades, a Phantasy" but disliked Andreyev's "Lazarus" and Artzybashev's "The Revolutionist". The others fell in between. This collection did give me a good sampling of
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classic Russian authors, including several I had never heard of before. Show Less
Language
Original language
Russian
Original publication date
1917
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