Masterpieces of Russian Literature
Short Stories of Conscience, Satire, Social Upheaval, and the Russian Literary ImaginationBy Anton Chekhov, A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoyevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. Garshin, F.K. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, Maxim Gorky, L.N. Andreyev, M.P. Artzybashev, A.I. Kuprin, William Lyon Phelps
Length50h 14m
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Masterpieces of Russian Literature surveys the formidable evolution of Russian prose from the Romantic and realist nineteenth century to the social, psychological, and symbolist tensions of the early twentieth. Bringing together tales, sketches, and novelistic excerpts, it ranges from ironic satire and Gothic grotesque to peasant realism, moral parable, urban naturalism, and interior psychological drama. Canonical explorations of alienation, bureaucracy, faith, poverty, violence, and conscience stand beside less frequently anthologized work, making the volume a capacious map of Russia's literary imagination. Its contributors collectively trace the major currents that shaped Russian letters: Pushkin's foundational artistry, Gogolian social fantasy, the realist commitments associated with Turgenev and Tolstoy, Dostoyevskian spiritual and psychological inquiry, and the later critiques of autocracy, class, and modern dislocation voiced by writers including Gorky, Andreyev, Kuprin, and Sologub. Read under William Lyon Phelps's editorial auspices, these distinct voices reveal literature's engagement with imperial society, reform, revolution, and the contested meaning of the individual. This volume is especially rewarding for students and general readers seeking a single, intellectually rich introduction to Russian literature. Its varied forms and social perspectives invite comparison across generations, while the juxtaposition of celebrated and rediscovered writers fosters a sustained dialogue about art, ethics, and historical change.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length50 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Ultimate Collection: 72 Novels & 100+ Short Stories in One Volume
26THE FOURTH SCENE
2The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Gogol and many more (Unabridged)
27THE FIFTH SCENE
3Plays:
28Short Stories:
4THE INSPECTOR GENERAL: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
29INTRODUCTION
5INTRODUCTION
30THE QUEEN OF SPADES
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6CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
31THE CLOAK
7CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES
32THE DISTRICT DOCTOR
8ACT I
33THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING
9ACT II
34GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
10ACT III
35HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS
11ACT IV
36THE SHADES, A PHANTASY
12ACT V
37THE SIGNAL
13LAST SCENE
38THE DARLING
14SILENT SCENE
39THE BET
15SAVVA
40VANKA
16PERSONS
41HIDE AND SEEK
17THE FIRST ACT
42DETHRONED
18THE SECOND ACT
43THE SERVANT
19THE THIRD ACT
44ONE AUTUMN NIGHT
20THE FOURTH ACT
45HER LOVER
21THE LIFE OF MAN
46LAZARUS
22PERSONS
47THE REVOLUTIONIST
23THE FIRST SCENE
48THE OUTRAGE
24THE SECOND SCENE
49AN HONEST THIEF
25THE THIRD SCENE
50A NOVEL IN NINE LETTERS
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