| Editor |
Patten, William, 1868-1936 |
| Title |
Short story classics (Foreign), Vol. 1, Russian
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| Original Publication |
United States: P. F. Collier & Son,1907.
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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| Contents |
The queen of spades, by Alexander Sergeievitch Poushkin -- The cloak, by Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol -- The rendezvous, by Ivan Turgenev -- The counting-house, by Ivan Turgenev -- The thief, by Feodor Mikailovitch Dostoievski -- The long exile, by Count Leo Nikolaievitch Tolstoi -- Easter night, by Vladímir Galaktionovitch Korolénko -- The signal, by Vsevolod Mikailovitch Garshin -- The curse of fame, by Ignatiy Nikolaievitch Potapenko -- A work of art, by Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov -- The slanderer, by Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov -- Faust, by Eugène Nikolaievitch Chirikov -- The duel, by Nikolai Dmítrievitch Teleshov -- Boless, by Alexei Maximovitch Pyeshkov (Maxim Gorki) -- The love of a scene-painter, by "Skitalitz" -- Valia, by Leonid Andreiev.
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| Credits |
so far Andrés V. Galia, Ed Leckert, Supawe, Xsanf, John Robbins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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| Summary |
"Short Story Classics (Foreign), Vol. 1, Russian" by William Patten is a collection of Russian short stories compiled and edited in the early 20th century. This anthology features works from renowned authors such as Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, representing the richness of Russian literary tradition. The collection likely focuses on themes of human experience, societal critique, and moral dilemmas, reflecting the distinct cultural and historical contexts in which these stories were written. The opening portion of the work includes an introduction, transcriber's notes, and detailed contents, highlighting several prominent stories, including "The Queen of Spades" by Pushkin and "The Cloak" by Gogol. The introduction emphasizes the anthology's purpose, which is to showcase significant short stories from various foreign literatures, particularly Russian. The text also reveals some historical context about the authors and their contributions, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of each story's thematic elements and character developments in the remainder of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
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| Subject |
Short stories, Russian -- Translations into English
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| Subject |
Russian fiction -- Translations into English
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
68619 |
| Release Date |
Jul 28, 2022 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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