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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.

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

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

"Comrades" reveals an ironic humour in its conception and is one of Gorky's lighter tales. A peasant policeman is dispatched to escort a vagrant without papers to the nearest magistrate, a considerable distance away. As the two talk on the journey, it becomes clear to the listener...and finally to the policeman...the real identity of the vagrant.

The Lower Depths, also titled At the Bottom, is a 1902 play by the Russian author and playwright Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). This work portrays a group of wretched, impoverished outcasts living in a shelter near the Volga River. They play cards and tell stories, and are briefly uplifted by a new resident called Luca who gives them hope. When he goes off, the illusion of hope collapses, and the result is murder and suicide.

This collection provides a wide selection of literary masterworks by authors of numerous nationalities. Included are: "The Father" and "Railroad and Churchyard" by Bjornstjerne Bjornson; "The Outlaws" and "A Christmas Guest" by Selma Lagerloff; "The Lover" by Maxim Gorky; "The Fountain of Youth" by Rudolf Baumbach; "The 47 Ronins" by Takashi Takamya; "Patient Griselda" by Giovanni Boccaccio; "The Distracted Preacher" by Thomas Hardy; "The Lady of Launay" by Anthony Trollope; and more.

Red Door audiobooks presents 46 classic tales of the strange from some of the greatest writers of all time. 1. A Joy Ride by A. J. Alan 2.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 3. Query by Austin Small 4 . The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 5. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 6. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 7. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs 8. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 9 . The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain10. The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge 11. The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman

巴维尔的母亲是俄国普通劳动人民的代表，在革命开始时，她面对种种苦难逆来顺受、忍气吞声。儿子被捕后，她坚定了信念，积极参加革命活动……巴維爾的母親是俄國普通勞動人民的代表，在革命開始時，她面對種種苦難逆來順受、忍氣吞聲。兒子被捕後，她堅定了信念，積極參加革命活動……

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Human beings are, in the main, social animals, they like to gather, to herd together, to share experiences. But some do not. Either through choice or exclusion their way forward is difficult. In this volume our authors and their characters share their stories.

bibliophile's collection of wide ranging and masterful short stories, embracing both the subtle and the macabre, the whimsical and the downright frightful. Fifty captivating short stories which will keep listeners glued to their headsets.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. The Russian Literary Tradition has justly earned a magnificent reputation. The Russian Empire of the Czars was a huge and disparate patchwork of peoples ruled by an overbearing elite that employed a middle-class bureaucracy to keep the working class firmly underfoot. Within its vaulted ranks are a role call of many of the greatest literary talents of the ages.

阿廖沙三岁时父亲病死，母亲带着他到外祖父家生活。外祖父家是一个充满仇恨、令人窒息的家庭……阿廖沙三歲時父親病死，母親帶著他到外祖父家生活。外祖父家是一個充滿仇恨、令人窒息的家庭……

This collection by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936) includes four of his most brilliant short stories. Maxim Gorky was one of the greatest writers in world literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An amazing connoisseur of the human soul, he wrote stories that resonate as strongly today as they did a hundred years ago.

This collection of stories by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, 1868-1936) includes three of his most brilliant short stories: "Chelkash", "Makar Chudra" and "The Old Woman Izergil". Maxim Gorky is known as one of the greatest writers in world literature. Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was an amazing connoisseur of the human soul.

Povest' «Detstvo» - jeto avtobiograficheskoe proizvedenie Maksima Gor'kogo, glavnyj geroj kotoroj - Alesha Peshkov. Posle togo kak u mal'chika umer otec, on stal zhit' s dedom i babushkoj. V dome deda carila mrachnaja atmosfera, v kotoroj i formirovalsja harakter Aleshi.

为了生活阿辽什卡与外祖母摘野果去卖糊口，他当过绘图师的学徒、船上洗碗工、圣像作坊徒工……為了生活阿遼什卡與外祖母摘野果去賣餬口，他當過繪圖師的學徒、船上洗碗工、聖像作坊徒工……

История соперничества отца и сына из-за любви к одной женщине. Крестьянин Василий, оставив жену и сына Якова, ушел из деревни и занялся рыбным промыслом. Забыв о семье, сошелся с красавицей Мальвой и зажил безмятежной жизнью. Повзрослевший сын Яков приезжает к отцу. Вскоре отношения между ним и Мальвой привели к конфликтам с отцом.... Максим Горький открывает проблему женской свободы.

Илья Артамонов, бывший приказчик князя Георгия, отпущен с большим вознаграждением. Он приезжает с сыновьями в небольшой город Дрёмов и собирается открыть фабрику полотна. На прибывших смотрят с подозрением, всячески пытаясь мешать. Только протекция князя помогла выстоять на первом, самом трудном этапе. Старший сын Пётр женится на дочери местного старосты и после смерти отца, надорвавшегося на стройке, становится главой семейного дела.

Spektakl' "Jakov Bogomolov" po motivam odnoimennoj p'esy russkogo pisatelja Maksima Gor'kogo. Delo proishodit na hutore, gde bezzabotnye obitateli tomjatsja ot skuki, bezdel'ja i rassuzhdajut o vysokih materijah i prednaznachenii cheloveka. Glavnyj geroj Jakov Bogomolov, mechtatel' ne ot mira sego, iskrenne ozabochennyj vselenskimi problemami. Pri jetom vse muzhchiny, kto javno, a kto tajno, vljubleny v zhenu Bogomolova Ol'gu Borisovnu.

Literaturnaja skazka Maksima Gor'kogo o prikljuchenijah malen'kogo mal'chika Evsejki v podvodnom carstve. Evsejka udil na beregu morja. So skuki usnul i svalilsja v vodu. On ne ispugalsja. Nyrnul i dostal dna. Smotrit vokrug... Zahvatyvajushhaja istorija, peredajushhaja vpechatlenija, mysli i chuvstva rebjonka. Soderzhit jarkie, krasochnye i podrobnye opisanija rechnogo dna i ego zhitelej. Kazhdyj iz obitatelej reki imeet svoj harakter i nepovtorimye cherty.