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Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the penetrating study of a man who commits murder, convinced of the murder's justice, but suffering mentally nonetheless. It was first published in 1866 in twelve monthly installments of The Russian Messenger, a prestigous publication and an outlet for Tolstoy and Turgenev.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories (Hesperus Classics)

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories (Hesperus Classics)

by N. S. Leskov

In this powerful and brutal short story, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia. Chastened and stifled by her marriage of convenience to a man twice her age, the young Katerina Lvovna goes yawning about the house, missing the barefoot freedom of her childhood, until she meets the feckless steward Sergei Filipych. Sergei proceeds to... (more)

Dr. Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak, Angela Livingstone, B. V. Sokolov

n celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is the only paperback edition now available of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.

Pushkin: Bronze Horseman (BCP Russian Texts)Alexander Pushkin

Pushkin: Bronze Horseman (BCP Russian Texts)

by A. Pushkin

Text: Russian

Taras Bulba

by Robert D. Kaplan, Peter Constantine

The First New Translation in Forty Years Set sometime between the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century, Gogol’s epic tale recounts both a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles (led by the bold Taras Bulba of Ukrainian folk mythology) and the trials of Taras Bulba’s two sons. As Robert Kaplan writes in his Introduction, “< Taras Bulba > has a Kiplingesque gusto . . . that makes it a pleasure to... (more)

Seven Poems (Keepsake Ser.)

by Jon Stallworthy, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok

Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921) lived through his country’s savage wars and radical traumas trying to welcome the new order. Trotsky wrote, ‘Certainly Blok is not one of us, but he came towards us. And that is what broke him.’ Pasternak said, ‘He is as free as the wind.’

The Cherry Orchard (Methuen Drama)

by Anton Chekhov

Chekov's great tragicomic eulogy for a passing way of life is superbly adapted to make a powerful and beautifully playable drama. Plays for Performance Series.

What Is to Be Done?

by Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, Michael R. Katz

Nikolai Chernyshevsky's great novel, originally published in 1863, transformed Russian views of the peasantry in much the same way that Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin changed American perceptions of slavery. In its pages, a group of idealistic Russian intellectuals go back to the land, easing the lot of the peasants with scientific methods of farming and liberating the serfs from hardship.... (more)

The Lower Depths (Dover Thrift Editions)

The Lower Depths (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Maxim Gorky, William-Alan Landes

This compelling 1902 play, considered Gorky’s masterpiece, centers on a group of wretched souls who congregate to play cards, tell stories, and debate whether it is better to live without illusions or to maintain a romanticized world view. A powerful, influential drama, hailed for its realistic and memorable characterizations.

Authobiography of Maxim Gorky - My Childhood, in the World, My UniversitiesMaxim Gorky

Authobiography of Maxim Gorky - My Childhood, in the World, My Universities

by Maxim Gorky

Chelkash and Other Stories

by Maxim Gorky

Three superb short stories from the first great Russian writer to emerge from the ranks of the proletariat, including the title story, in which a thieving vagrant takes on a young, unwilling apprentice; "Makar Chudra," the story of a an ill-fated romance between two gypsy lovers; and "Twenty-six Men and A Girl," widely regarded as Gorky’s best short story, which describes how a wretched crew of bakery workers... (more)

Collected Tales of Nikolai GogolNikolai Gogol

Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

by Nikolai Gogol

Marina Tsvetaeva: Stikhotvoreniia I PoemyMarina I. Tsvetaeva

Marina Tsvetaeva: Stikhotvoreniia I Poemy

by Marina I. Tsvetaeva

Text: Russian

Goncharov Ivan.oblomov.

Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev; poems (Russian literature library)Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev; poems (Russian literature library)

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

THREE RUSSIAN POETS. Selections from Pushkin, Lermontov and TyutchevVladimir Nabokov

THREE RUSSIAN POETS. Selections from Pushkin, Lermontov and Tyutchev

by Vladimir Nabokov

The Fisherman And the Goldfish

by A. Pushkin

Captain's Daughter and Other Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

Captain's Daughter and Other Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

by A. Pushkin

Introduction by John Bayley; Translation by Natalie Duddington

Asya

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Tolstoy considered Asya, written in 1858, one of Turgenev's two best stories (along with First Love). Asya is a tragic story of two Russians abroad who are in love but conceal it from each other. Both Constance Garrett and Isabel Hapgood first translated Asya in antiquated style about 100 years ago. Despite its superb character portrayals, it has rarely been available since. This translation is based on the... (more)

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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by N. S. Leskov

by Boris Pasternak, Angela Livingstone, B. V. Sokolov

by A. Pushkin

by Robert D. Kaplan, Peter Constantine

by Jon Stallworthy, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok

by Anton Chekhov

by Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, Michael R. Katz

by Maxim Gorky, William-Alan Landes

by Maxim Gorky

by Maxim Gorky

by Nikolai Gogol

by Marina I. Tsvetaeva

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

by Vladimir Nabokov

by A. Pushkin

by A. Pushkin

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

by Bulgakov Mikhail.