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Nabokov's biography of this other Russian literary giant, now part of this new Penguin Modern Classics series Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature,...

The best of Gogol in a single volume - his most famous drama and the most brilliant of his short stories. Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply influenced...

Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerGogol: The Biography Of A Divided Soul presents a compelling portrait of the enigmatic...

'Gogol was a strange creature, but then genius is always strange' Vladimir Nabokov Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and...

Born in Russia, Arthur Adamov was educated in Geneva and Paris and wrote in French. His avant-garde and often political plays were grouped with the Theatre of the Absurd, but...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Few novels in the Soviet literary canon carry the raw, autobiographical weight of Hail, Life! — a testament to...

This is the first book to deal with the work of three important Soivet theatre directors - Alexander Tairov, Evgeni Vakhtangov and Nikolai OkHlopkov - who, although familiar names in...

Andrei Bely's masterpiece; a vivid, memorable and striking story set at the heart of the 1905 Russian revolution Andrei Bely's Petersburg is a colourful evocation of Russia's capital during the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFrom the inner sanctums of the Bolshevik Revolution to the shadowy corridors of Stalinist terror, Power and the Soviet...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark of Russian literature, Who Can Be Happy...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Life of a Useless Man is a gripping work of Russian...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Selected Tales gathers...

Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding...

In 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals - mostly philosophers, academics, scientists and journalists - to be deported from the new Soviet State. Two...

Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: VG Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. In the turbulent years of 1860–1861, Imperial Russian Navy Officer Pavel N. Golovin embarked...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping along edges and top of spine. Page Condition: Likely yellowed with age. Markings: signed by the author with an...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Good. Worn/faded - no tears. Mylar sleeve wrapping. Page Condition: Good. Markings: none Binding condition: Good. Very good copy. A landmark work in the history...

While post-communist Moscow deals with political transition, Vassili is descending into despair at his wife Anna's chronic infertility. Following his father Sergey's footsteps, he travels to Melbourne to teach Russian...

Edition: Vol I (repr.); Vol II (1st ed.,)Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Vol II - slight bruising to board...

When the Revolution broke out in 1917, Sergei Golitsyn was just 8 years old. His memoir of the Revolution and the years that followed constitute one of the most powerful...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind the Iron Curtain, where literature was both weapon and contraband, one woman found herself at the centre of one...

Condition remarks: **RUSSIAN TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. One of the most harrowing love stories of the Soviet...

The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri. 'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Some tears, light tanning to dust jacket. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight and intact. A richly detailed work of intellectual...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the depths of nineteenth-century Russia, Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov crafts a portrait of human nature at...

Nachman of Bratslav, descended from the founder of the Hasidic movement, carved a unique path as a Jewish spiritual leader. Towards the end of his life, he lost his young...

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'I decided that my trip had evidently been in vain, since nothing of interest could possibly occur on this visit. I...

A collection of eight of Chekhov's finest early stories. This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which...

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