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Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 44, Chekhov was a prolific writer and produced more than 250 short stories in addition to several novellas and a novel. The Russian was also a practicing doctor. A celebrated playwright, Anton Chekhov is often recognised as an influential figure of early modernism of the theatre in addition to being held in high esteem by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf, although much praise was not as forthcoming until after his death in 1904.

Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation. Adapted for radio by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Leo Tolstoy's epic story follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. First broadcast on New Year's Day 2015, the drama also features Alun Armstrong, Natasha Little, David Calder, Phoebe Fox, Sam Reid and Joanna David. Duration: 10 hours approx.

Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of Our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin's cryptic character and his unusual philosophy, providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way.

This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Лев Николаевич Толстой (1828 - 1910) - великий русский писатель, классик отечественной и мировой литературы, мыслитель и просветитель. В своих публицистических и художественных произведениях проповедовал идеи всеобщей любви, стремления к совершенствованию, непротивления злу насилием.

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation and publisher), typically contained in two volumes.

Concerned with questions of aging and mortality, A Second Space furthers 93-year-old Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz’s reputation as “arguably the greatest living poet” (Edward Hirsch, New York Times Book Review). “Milosz continues exploring his own version of the meditative lyric...

Hailed as a masterpiece on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality.

Лесник Василий Весёлкин, получает важное правительственное задание - найти древесину для авиационной фанеры. Вспомнив, что еще в детстве он слышал рассказ о некой заповедной Корабельной чаще, которую не рубят, а берегут как святыню: «в этой сосновой чаще все деревья ровные и высокие, а стоят они так часто, что, если даже дерево срубить, оно не падает, а остаётся стоять меж других, как живое». Веселкин решает отыскать это уникальное место, чтобы использовать древесину вековых сосен для нужд советской авиации.

God Sees the Truth, But Waits is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1872. The story, about a man sent to prison for a murder he did not commit, takes the form of a parable of forgiveness. English translations were also published under titles "The Confessed Crime", "Exiled to Siberia", and "The Long Exile". The concept of the story of a man wrongfully accused of murder and banished to Siberia also appears in one of Tolstoy's previous works, War and Peace, during a philosophical discussion between two characters who relate the story and argue how the protagonist of their story deals with injustice and fate.

Dans un cimetière, le narrateur entend d'étranges conversations venues de sous la terre. Les morts n'en ont toujours pas fini avec la vie, et sont bien décidés à en profiter jusqu'au bout.

In "A Nervous Breakdown", Vasilyev feeling distressed after his visit to few brothels for the first time. Guilt, disgust and shame and of that little voices debating inside his mind that lead him to a symptom of a nervous breakdown. A quirky storytelling, quite distressing but entertaining.

Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.

Evgenii Onegin is best known in the West through Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin. But the original narrative poem (consisting of 389 stanzas, the form of which has become known as the "Pushkin sonnet") is one of the landmarks of Russian literature. In the poem, the eponymous hero repudiates love, only to later experience the pain of rejection himself. Pushkin’s unique style proves timeless in its exploration of love, life, passion, jealousy, and the consequences of social convention.

Действие эпического романа «Строговы» происходит в Сибири начала XX века. Через призму жизни крестьянской семьи Строговых автор показывает все ключевые исторические события того времени. Русско-японскую войну, Первую мировую войну, Октябрьскую революцию 1917 года. Главный герой романа – Матвей Строгов проходит путь от крестьянина-пасечника до командира партизанского отряда, с честью выдерживая все жизненные неурядицы и невзгоды. Роман «Строговы» был удостоен Государственной премии СССР, а снятый по его мотивам фильм побил все рекорды зрительской популярности.

1920-1921. Vinta la guerra civile contro i bianchi, resta ora da realizzare il comunismo. Ma come? Con l'elettrificazione di tutte le campagne più remote, in modo che anche Ivan Matveevič, analfabeta ma amante dei pensieri scritti, possa finalmente leggere la sera e la vecchia consumata dal dolore e la fatica fin dall'infanzia smetta di chiedere la pioggia a dio, come vuole l'inflessibile ingegnere Dušin? O nel modo immaginato dal goffo e mutilato Ščeglov, stremato dalla nostalgia per i morti, tremante di fronte al mistero dell'universo e legato alla bellissima Lida da un compassionevole amore?

Однажды на закате солнца в месяц Новой Травы мимо вигвамов проходил Одинокий Человек. За спиной он нес большого орла. Мужчины и женщины громко хвалили его, говоря, что само солнце покровительствует Одинокому Человеку - ловцу орлов. Молодой индеец Маленькая Выдра из племени черноногих тоже захотел стать таким же ловким охотником, как Одинокий Человек. Но на пути к заветной мечте его ждет немало трудностей и опасностей.

Ловкий охотник и отважный воин из племени пикуни – Одинокий Бизон, совершил недопустимую ошибку и получил справедливое наказание. Но гордость не позволила ему признать свою вину, и Одинокий Бизон сворачивает вигвам и вместе с женой и детьми покидает родное племя.

Действие романа «Марфа-посадница» переносит читателя в 1471–1478 годы, в гущу конфликта между Новгородской республикой и Великим княжеством Московским, закончившегося гибелью вечевого строя. Первым же литературным сочинениям Дмитрия Балашова присущи характерные черты его зрелого творческого стиля: и повесть, и последовавший за ней роман чрезвычайно убедительно и достоверно изображали жизнь новгородского общества тех далеких веков, бытовой и духовный уклад жизни.

Новая книга литературного критика, культуртрегера, и, наверное, уже можно сказать — историка литературы, Алексея Колобродова — широкое и разнообразное полотно литературной жизни последних десятилетий, убедительный и многоцветный очерк литературных имён и нравов. Когда потоком шли печальные констатации о кризисе и скором конце русской литературной критики, Алексей создавал свою панораму, не забывая вспоминать по актуальным поводам классиков и звёзд минувших дней, сводил в глубоких и парадоксальных эссе Василия Шукшина и Роберта Л.