Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book

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Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Language Edition). Dover Publications, 2022. Paperback, 403 pages.

This dual-language volume contains 12 stories by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev, Bunin, and others. Each selection is presented here in the original Russian with an English translation on the facing pages. Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a Russian-English vocabulary, study questions and more. In addition, Professor Struve has supplied an enlightening introduction to the Russian short story, as well as concise biographical/critical introductions to each selection. An especially helpful feature for students of Russian is the presence of stress accents in the Russian text, a feature usually found only in primers.

The Stories: Pushkin - The Stationmaster; Gogol - The Nose; Turgenev - A Living Relic; Dostoevsky - Bobok; Tolstoy - The Three Hermits; Leskov - The Clothesmender; Chekhov - Sleepy; Sologub - In Bondage; Bunin - Sunstroke; Zamyatin - The Cave; Babel - The Death of Dolgushov; Zoshchenko - Yuletide Story.