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(0)Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A stunning new edition featuring fresh translations of six of this classic Russian writer's most thrilling short stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition.
This vivid collection of new translations by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky's dazzling versatility as a writer.
His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social...
This vivid collection of new translations by Nicolas Pasternak Slater and Maya Slater illuminates Dostoevsky's dazzling versatility as a writer.
His remarkable short fiction swings from wickedly sharp humour to gripping psychological intensity, from cynical social...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Wild carriage chases, moonlight trysts, stupidity, vanity and elopements. This manic comedy seems to have it all...Farcical in its entirety, 'The Village of Stepanchikovo' follows the ordinary, yet comical and trite comings and goings of the village people. A tale of satirical characters, the novel excels in its portrayal of superficial social qualities and the effects on people's inner and outer lives. Funny, pseudo-ambitious, and quasi-intellectual,...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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'A Nasty Story' is a hilarious look into the world of humanitarian high society by Dostoevsky. This farcical story revolves around Pralinski, a kind-hearted aristocrat, who decides to attend the wedding of one of his subordinates while in a drunken stupor. What ensues is a comedy of errors as Pralinski wanders through the wedding in a dream-like state. As the situations he finds himself in becomes more absurd, it eventually reaches a calamitous and...
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Deutsch
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Fjodor Dostojewski gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller Russlands. Drei nachdenkliche Erzählungen des großen Romanciers des 19. Jahrhunderts als Hörbuch: Polsunkow - Der kleine Knabe mit dem Händchen - Der kleine Knabe am Weihnachtsabend beim Herrn Jesus.
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Deutsch
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Ein Pfandleiher lässt sich dazu herab, ein junges Mädchen aus überaus ärmlichen Verhältnissen zu heiraten. Er erwartet Dankbarkeit und Unterordnung seiner Frau, begegnet ihr aber seinerseits nur mit Strenge und Schweigen. In seinem Stolz bemerkt er nicht, dass sie ihm immer mehr entgleitet.
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Deutsch
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Der arme Astafi gewährt dem Trunkenbold Jemeljan Unterschlupf. Eines Tages fehlt eine wertvolle Hose aus Astafis Beständen. Er verdächtigt Jemeljan, doch dieser bestreitet vehement seine Schuld ... 5 berühmte Erzählungen des großen russischen Schriftstellers versammelt auf einem Hörbuch: "Der ehrliche Dieb, Eine Silvesterfeierlichkeit und eine Trauung, Polsunkow, Der kleine Knabe "mit dem Händchen", Der kleine Knabe am Weihnachtsabend beim...
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English
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"White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant and introspective short story that delves into the complexities of human emotions and the transient nature of romantic connections. Set against the backdrop of St. Petersburg's nocturnal charm, the narrative follows the lonely protagonist through four consecutive white nights, where he encounters a mysterious young woman. As the two form a deep but ephemeral connection, Dostoyevsky explores themes...
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English
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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of all time:
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis...
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Pandora's Box
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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This book contains 50 of the most beautiful Christmas stories ever written. It is a treasury of fiction by great writers of the past two centuries: Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!