Greatest Russian Short Stories

SPECIFICATION:

• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By: Various (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English
  
• Edition : 2017
• Pages :  384 pages
• Size : 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
  
• ISBN-13:   978-9386348944
  

DESCRIPTION:

Featuring stories by:
• Leo Tolstoy
• Anton Chekov
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Nikolai Gogol
• Maxim Gorky
• Alexander Pushkin and many others

Showcasing Beloved Tales from the Golden Age of Russian Literature.

Discover the highs and lows of human experience through masterpieces such as
• Alexander Pushkin’s the Queen of Spades, which explores avarice with superhuman elements
• Ignatiy Potapenko’s the Curse of Fame, rife with the pathos that forms an integral part of our lives
• Anton Chekov’s the Slanderer, depicting how people can fall victim to their own minds
• Nikolai Gogol’s the Cloak, an evocative work on the isolation and dissatisfaction that runs rampant in society
and many more.

Featuring masters of the genre, such as Dostoyevsky, Chekov, Tolstoy and Gorky, Greatest Russian Short Stories is a vividly engaging collection to be treasured for a lifetime.