Great Russian short stories

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196 pages

English language

Published Nov. 5, 2003 by Dover Publications.

ISBN:
978-0-486-42992-2
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Among the country's greatest artistic contributions, 20th-century Russian literature was revolutionary in its approach to realism, injecting characters with human weaknesses familiar to all. It also provided fodder for other such important concepts as existentialism and even passive resistance. The 12 powerful short stories in this collection are excellent examples of writing by the foremost authors from Russia's Golden Age of Literature. - Back Cover

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reviewed Great Russian short stories by Paul Negri (Dover thrift editions)

Review of 'Great Russian short stories' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book contains Dostoyevsky's "White Nights", which is a masterpiece. Likewise I must say I enjoyed Andreyev's "Lazarus": I can't really say why I liked those short-stories so much, but they were a long stretch away from being classical tales.

Through these stories, I feel I've got a firm grasp of 19th-century Russian writing. It's interesting to see how it differs so much and yet so universally little from a lot of western English-speaking literature (even though this is a collection translated to English).

All in all: brilliant and a long stretch from this somewhat stressed-out day and age. A story like Gogol's "The Overcoat" is typical.

reviewed Great Russian short stories by Paul Negri (Dover thrift editions)

Review of 'Great Russian short stories' on 'LibraryThing'

4 stars

This book contains Dostoyevsky's "White Nights", which is a masterpiece. Likewise I must say I enjoyed Andreyev's "Lazarus": I can't really say why I liked those short-stories so much, but they were a long stretch away from being classical tales.

Through these stories, I feel I've got a firm grasp of 19th-century Russian writing. It's interesting to see how it differs so much and yet so universally little from a lot of western English-speaking literature (even though this is a collection translated to English).

All in all: brilliant and a long stretch from this somewhat stressed-out day and age. A story like Gogol's "The Overcoat" is typical.

Subjects

  • Short stories, Russian -- Translations into English.
  • Russian fiction -- 19th century -- Translations into English.
  • Russian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.