Russian Short Story Collection

The ultimate collection of great short stories by the best Russian classic authors. 1. "Her Lover" by Maxim Gorky 2. "The Empty Drum" by Count Leo Tolstoy 3. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub 4. "The District Doctor" by Ivan Turgenev 5. "The White Dog" by Fedor Sologub 6. "The Cloak" by Nikolai Gogol 7. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub 8. "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9. "A Work of Art" by Anton Chekhov 10. "Children Wiser Than Their Fathers" by Count Leo Tolstoy

“White Nights” tells the story of a lonely man who wanders the streets of St. Petersburg over the course of four nights, searching for an escape from his isolation...

The best collection of Russian short stories includes: Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree. Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Kholstomer, the Story of a Horse, Alyosha the Pot, A Letter to a Hindu, A Confession, God Sees the Truth, but Waits, A Russian Christmas Party. Anton Chekhov: Kashtanka, Gusev, The Darling, The Lady with the Dog, A Slander, The Horse-Stealers, The Petchenyeg, A Dead Body, A Happy Ending, The Looking-GlassOld Age, Darkness, The Beggar, In Trouble, Frost, Minds in Ferment, Gone Astray.

Many of the greatest Russian authors, including Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Pushkin, produced crime and mystery fiction, a type of literature that was largely suppressed during the Soviet era because it did not glorify the state, but rather, gave significance to individual characters. With the fall of the Soviet Union, mystery writers have become some of the most successful novelists in Russia, and there is a renewed interest in, and appreciation of, the great crime classics of an earlier era. This volume is the first collection ever devoted entirely to Russian crime fiction. 

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and...

A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best short-story writers of all time. Having influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and James Joyce, Chekhov’s stories are often noted for their stream-of-consciousness style and...

Ги де Мопассан—крупнейший французский новеллист, мастер рассказа с неожиданной концовкой.

"Едва ли был другой такой писатель, столь искренно считавший, что все благо, весь смысл жизни—в женщине, в любви… и едва ли был когда-нибудь писатель, который до такой ясности и точности показал все ужасные стороны того самого явления, которое казалось ему самым высоким и дающим наибольшее благо жизни"

Sbornik rasskazov velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova. Chehov - velikij russkij myslitel'-realist, oblichitel' mira poshlosti i meshhanstva, nesravnennyj hudozhnik. Problemy, postavlennye v ego proizvedenijah, aktual'ny i v nashi dni.

Аудиоверсии рассказов, зарисовок и миниатюр Василия Никифорова-Волгина, вошедшие в данный сборник, складываются в тихую, задушевную песню о России. Во времена беззаконий, гонений, обрушившихся на родную землю, в море человеческих страданий писатель отыскивает зерна христианской любви, рисует персонажей, которые сохраняют и несут Святую Русь в своем сердце.

Three of Gogol’s most famous stories, together in one audio collection for the first time...

T. C. Boyle is one of the most renowned storytellers of the modern era. This collection of fourteen stories drifts effortlessly between myth and reality, encompassing a panorama of human emotions. In "The Marlbane Manchester Musser Award," Boyle reveals a writer's dismay when a simple trip is...