Great Russian Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback cover with minor wear and fading. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: A price sticker (15/6) visible on cover. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark anthology of Russian literature, Great Russian Stories gathers some of the most celebrated short fiction ever written, drawn from the pens of titans such as Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov, Andreyev, and more. The collection presents a sweeping panorama of 19th and early 20th-century Russian life, chronicling the full range of human experience — from peasant hardship to aristocratic despair, from dark psychological torment to moments of transcendent beauty. Each story carries the unmistakable weight of Russian literary tradition: intense, philosophical, and emotionally profound, with a realist precision that strips characters bare of pretension. Together, these masterworks illustrate why Russian short fiction remains among the most influential and enduring in the world canon, offering readers an essential gateway into a literary culture unlike any other.
Author: Various
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — paperback cover with minor wear and fading. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: A price sticker (15/6) visible on cover. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark anthology of Russian literature, Great Russian Stories gathers some of the most celebrated short fiction ever written, drawn from the pens of titans such as Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov, Andreyev, and more. The collection presents a sweeping panorama of 19th and early 20th-century Russian life, chronicling the full range of human experience — from peasant hardship to aristocratic despair, from dark psychological torment to moments of transcendent beauty. Each story carries the unmistakable weight of Russian literary tradition: intense, philosophical, and emotionally profound, with a realist precision that strips characters bare of pretension. Together, these masterworks illustrate why Russian short fiction remains among the most influential and enduring in the world canon, offering readers an essential gateway into a literary culture unlike any other.