Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to russian writer Ivan Turgenev, considered the popularizer of Russian literature in the West. Turgenev's artistic purity made him a favorite of like-minded novelists of the next generation, such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad. Works selected for this book: A Desperate Character; Knock, Knock, Knock; A Strange Story; The Dog; The District Doctor; The Inn; Mumu. Bonus content: Foreword by Henry James. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that present the many faces of the coexistence between men and dogs: - A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane - To Build a Fire by Jack London - Ulysses and the Dogman by O. Henry - Memoirs of ...
The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Dogs.Cultural depictions of dogs extend back thousands of years to when dogs were portrayed on the walls of caves.
Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet and writer who is considered the father of the modern Russian novel.
Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories from authors who bring all the richness and quality of Russian literature: - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin - God Sees The Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy ...
This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors.
Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to Alexander Pushkin.
This collection brings together six of Turgenev's best-known `long' short stories, in which he turns his skills of psychological observation and black comedy to subjects as diverse as the tyranny of serfdom, love, and revenge on the Russian ...
CONTENTS: The Novels Rudin (1857) A House of Gentlefolk (1859) On the Eve (1860) Fathers and Sons (1862) Smoke (1867) Torrents of Spring (1872) Virgin Soil (1877) The Novellas The Diary of a Superfluous Man (1850) Yakov Pasinkov (1855) ...
The fever oppressed me; I foresaw a sleepless night, and was glad to chat with the kindly man. Tea was served. My doctor began to talk. He was far from a stupid young fellow, and expressed himself vigorously and quite entertainingly.
D'yeh want—to know de captain ru-uns her? ... Frost after frost had bitten deeply, each depositing its stratum of scab upon the half- healed scar that went ...