Great Russian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century

By: Francis, Yelena

Book Overview

This dual-language anthology presents fifteen compelling tales in a unique survey of twentieth-century Russian short fiction. Featuring the original Russian on the left-hand page and new English translations on the right-hand side, contents include "The Fugitive" by Vladimir A. Gilyarovsky, "The Present" by Leonid Andreev, "Trataton" by Dimitry Mamin-Sibiryak, "Life Granted" by Aleksandr Grin, and "Icarus" by Stepan Skitalets, plus stories by Vasily Grossman, Aleksandr Kuprin, and others.
No further apparatus or reference work is necessary for the self-contained text. Appropriate for high school and college courses as well as self-study, this volume will prove a fine companion for teachers and intermediate-level students of Russian language and literature as well as readers wishing to brush up on their language skills.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048648873X
• ISBN13: 9780486488738
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"