The Best of Russian Literature
A Panorama of Russian Classics: Realism, Satire, Psychological Fiction, and Social ConscienceBy Nicholas Evrèinov, Denis Von Visin, 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
Length60h 26m
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The Best of Russian Literature surveys a century of artistic experimentation and moral inquiry, bringing together lyricism, realism, satire, psychological drama, social reportage, and proto-modernist unease. From compact tales of bureaucratic absurdity and provincial life to searching studies of faith, violence, poverty, desire, and conscience, the volume reveals Russian literature's exceptional capacity to unite social observation with philosophical depth. Its selection of canonical narratives alongside less frequently anthologized work makes the collection both representative and intellectually expansive. The contributors span the major currents of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian writing: the Romantic and national traditions associated with Pushkin, the critical realism of Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Korolenko, the satirical force of Saltykov, and the Symbolist, naturalist, and socially radical tendencies visible in Sologub, Gorky, Andreyev, Artzybashev, and Kuprin. Together, these writers register the pressures of autocracy, class division, modernization, and spiritual crisis. Their differing aesthetic commitments create a rich collective portrait of Russia's changing cultural imagination. This volume is especially recommended for readers seeking an informed introduction to Russian prose in its breadth and complexity. It offers an invaluable opportunity to compare styles, historical moments, and ethical visions within a single book. Students and general readers alike will find in its varied works a sustained dialogue about individuality, society, suffering, and artistic responsibility.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length60 hrs 26 mins
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Publish dateJun 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Vladimir Putin: Authoritarianism and Anti-Americanism (Annotated)
26THE FIRST ACT
2The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more (Unabridged)
27THE SECOND ACT
3Plays:
28THE THIRD ACT
4INTRODUCTION
29THE FOURTH ACT
5THE WEDDING [trans. by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts]
30THE LIFE OF MAN
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6THE JUBILEE [trans. by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts ]
31PERSONS
7A MERRY DEATH
32THE FIRST SCENE
8THE BEAUTIFUL DESPOT
33THE SECOND SCENE
9THE CHOICE OF A TUTOR
34THE THIRD SCENE
10Scene I
35THE FOURTH SCENE
11Scene II
36THE FIFTH SCENE
12Scene III
37Short Stories:
13THE INSPECTOR GENERAL: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
38INTRODUCTION
14INTRODUCTION
39THE QUEEN OF SPADES
15CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
40THE CLOAK
16CHARACTERS AND COSTUMES
41THE DISTRICT DOCTOR
17ACT I
42THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING
18ACT II
43GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
19ACT III
44HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS
20ACT IV
45THE SHADES, A PHANTASY
21ACT V
46THE SIGNAL
22LAST SCENE
47THE DARLING
23SILENT SCENE
48THE BET
24SAVVA
49VANKA
25PERSONS
50HIDE AND SEEK
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