{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-fiction-russian-realism-audiobook","title":"The Foundations of Fiction - Russian Realism (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Foundations of Fiction - Russian Realism (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley(Unabridged: 14:45mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Gogol, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, Vsevolod Garshin, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, I N Potapenko, Vera Jelihovsky, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Bulgakov \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time?  Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccess undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout literary history Russian writing has been both applauded and lauded as fiction of the first rank.  It’s authors down the decades are many and each of them has consummate talents and knowledge that few, if any, can argue with.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume we present stories that explain and reveal Russian Realism, in ways that are absorbing, startling and capture a world with precise and literary verve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01 - Foundations of Fiction - Russian Realism - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 - Old Fashioned Landowners by Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 - The City by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 - Gentle Breathing by Ivan Bunin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 - Misery by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 - Aloysha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 - The Peasant Marey by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 - About Love by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 - Silence by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435552276558,"sku":"AB-24879","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836824879.jpg?v=1771428206","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-foundations-of-fiction-russian-realism-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}