{"product_id":"the-russian-short-story-the-complete-edition","title":"The Russian Short Story - The Complete Edition","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Chronological History – The Complete Edition Alexander Pushkin to Isaac Babel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, Mark Rice-Oxley, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 16hrs 28mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length. Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps an easier way to enjoy a wider selection of the Russian heritage, with its varied and glorious literary talents, is with the short story. These gems sparkle and beguile the mind with their characters and narrative, exploring facets of society and the human condition that more Western authors somehow find more difficult to navigate, or to explore, explain and relate to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Russian short story is, in many respects, in a genre of its own. It is at its captivating best whether it’s an exploration of real-life experiences, through fantasy and fables and on to total absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a land so vast it is unsurprising that it is a world almost unto itself. Cultures and landscapes of differing hues are packed together bound only by the wilful bonds and force of Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this collection traverse the decades where one might be a serf under an absolute monarch, and the reality of that was pretty near to slavery, into an emancipation of sorts in the fields, or towns under the despotic will of landowners and the rich into the upheavals of Empire and then the overthrow of the ruling class and its replacement by the communists, who promised equality for all and delivered a society where the down-trodden remained the lowest yet vital cog of the state machine and its will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Chekhov are a given in any Russian collection we also explore and include Andreyev, Korolenko, Turgenev, Blavatsky and many others to create a world rich and dense across a sprawling landscape of diverse people, riddled with the class and unfairness in perhaps some of the most turbulent times that Russia has ever experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01 - The Russian Short Story - The Complete Edition - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e02 - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e03 - The Stationmaster by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e04 - The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e05 - The Coffin Maker by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e06 - The Shot by Alexander Pushkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e07 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e08 - The Cloak by Nikolai Gogol also known as 'The Overcoat'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e09 - Old Fashioned Landowners by Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19 - The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24 - How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials by Nikolai Schedrin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26 - Aloysha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28 - The Snowstorm - Part 1 by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e29 - The Snowstorm - Part 2 by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30 - God Sees The Truth But Waits by Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e31 - The Sentry by Nikolai Lyeskov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e32 - A Witch's Den by Helena Blavatsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e33 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34 - The Old Bell Ringer by Vladimir Korolenko\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e35 - The Shades, A Phantasy by Vladimir Korolenko\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e37 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e38 - The Kiss by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e39 - The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e41 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e42 - About Love by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e43 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e44 - Hide And Seek or Pliatki by Fyodor Sologub\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e45 - In The Steppe by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46 - Chelkash - Part 1 by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e47 - Chelkash - Part 2 by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48 - Chelkash - Part 3 by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e49 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50 - One Autumn Night by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e51 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e52 - The Servant by S T Semyonov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e53 - Son by Ivan Bunin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e54 - Kasimir Stanislavovitch by Ivan Bunin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e55 - Gentle Breathing by Ivan Bunin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56 - The Outrage by Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57 - The Park of Kings by Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58 - Cain by Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e59 - Anathema by Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 - An Evening Guest by Alexander Kuprin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e61 - Silence by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e62 - Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e63 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e64 - The City by Leonid Andreyev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e65 - The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e66 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e67 - Light by Achmed Abdullah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e68 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e69 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70 - The Blind Ones by Isaac Babel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44160376635470,"sku":"AB-543864","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781803543864_The_Russian_Short_Story_-_The_Complete_Edition.jpg?v=1790838790","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/the-russian-short-story-the-complete-edition","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}