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Book Five Russian Dog Stories

Download or read book Five Russian Dog Stories written by Anton Chekov and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly translated collection bringing together three canine tales from three giants of Russian literature Turgenev's Mumu is rescued from drowning by a mute serf, Gerasim, and quickly becomes his closest friend and comforter until Gerasim's mistress intervenes with tragic consequences. Shchedrin's Trezor is the perfect embodiment of canine fidelity, carrying out his duties to the letter, despite being chained up, badly treated, and sometimes not even fed. Chekhov's Kashtanka, when lost, is taken in by a circus clown and trained for an act in the ring. However, she prefers to return to her former abusive master, sitting in the audience at her first performance, rather than remain with her new caring, thoughtful owner. These stories have long been held in high esteem, tugging at readers' heartstrings for many years.

Book Five Russian Dog Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anton Chekhov
  • Publisher : Hesperus Press
  • Release : 2012-07-12
  • ISBN : 1780941102
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book Five Russian Dog Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Russian Dog Stories presents touching narratives from three giants in Russian literature. Some heart-warming, some tear jerking, none will easily be forgotten. Turgenev’s Mumu is rescued from drowning by a mute serf, Gerasim, and quickly becomes his closest friend and comforter until Gerasim’s mistress intervenes with tragic consequences. Shchedrin’s Trezor is the perfect embodiment of canine fidelity, carrying out his duties to the letter, despite being chained up, badly treated and sometimes not even fed. Chekhov’s Kashtanka, when lost, is taken in by a circus clown and trained for an act in the ring. However, she prefers to return to her former abusive master, sitting in the audience at her first performance, rather than remain with her new caring, thoughtful owner. These stories have long been held in high esteem, tugging at the readers’ heartstrings. When Turgenev died in 1883 a wreath was sent to the grave of ‘the author of Moomoo’ by British Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Book Gaf  Gaf  Russian Dog Stories

Download or read book Gaf Gaf Russian Dog Stories written by Terence Emmons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of remarkable Russian dog stories, selected, translated and introduced by Terrence Emmons. Several of Russias most famous writes, including Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chechov, are represented here, along with other masters of the genre who are less well known to western readers: Mamin-Sibiriak, Kuprin, Prishvin, and others. This is the first anthology of Russian dog stories to be published in any language.

Book Gaf  Gaf

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terence Emmons
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2004-06
  • ISBN : 9781413439052
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Gaf Gaf written by Terence Emmons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of remarkable Russian dog stories, selected, translated and introduced by Terrence Emmons. Several of Russia's most famous writes, including Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chechov, are represented here, along with other masters of the genre who are less well known to western readers: Mamin-Sibiriak, Kuprin, Prishvin, and others. This is the first anthology of Russian dog stories to be published in any language.

Book The Lion and the Puppy

Download or read book The Lion and the Puppy written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-five short Russian folktales with lessons and morals.

Book The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories  1896 1904

Download or read book The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories 1896 1904 written by Anton Chekhov and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner.

Book The Lady with the Dog  and Other Stories

Download or read book The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anton Chekhov s Short Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  • Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN : 9780393090024
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Anton Chekhov s Short Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1979 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov s creative career."

Book Five Great Short Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anton Chekhov
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2012-08-31
  • ISBN : 0486153533
  • Pages : 99 pages

Download or read book Five Great Short Stories written by Anton Chekhov and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterfully written tales by one of the greatest practitioners of the form. Stories include "The Black Monk," "The House with the Mezzanine," "The Peasants," "Gooseberries," and "The Lady with the Toy Dog."

Book Five Great Short Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  • Publisher : Dover Publications
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780486264639
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Five Great Short Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterfully written tales by one of the greatest practitioners of the form. Stories include "The Black Monk," "The House with the Mezzanine," "The Peasants," "Gooseberries," and "The Lady with the Toy Dog."

Book The Russian Five

Download or read book The Russian Five written by Keith Gave and published by Gold Star Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five former Soviet hockey players who wound up in Detroit in the 1990s and helped to catapult a beleaguered hockey franchise to the top of the summit played a pivotal role in that city's celebrated comeback. They are The Russian Five, and while they changed their sport forever they also helped bridge rival cultures with their unique style of diplomacy. This is their remarkable story of espionage, defection, heartbreak and triumph - and remarkable courage after a fateful limo crash nearly killed one of them.

Book Beneath the Heart of the Sea

Download or read book Beneath the Heart of the Sea written by Owen Chase and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby Dick and the feature film Heart of the Sea A tragic yet riveting narration of life and death and man against the elements, this is an extreme account of shipwreck survival. On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaleship Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of 20, including first mate Owen Chase, grabbed what little they could before piling into frail boats and taking to the open seas. So began their four-month ordeal and struggle for survival. This is a bleak story, only eight men survived having endured starvation and dehydration, giving in to cannibalism, murder, and insanity. Owen Chase recorded the extraordinary account in his autobiography, originally published in 1821.

Book Brown Dog

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jim Harrison
  • Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • Release : 2013-12-03
  • ISBN : 0802120113
  • Pages : 546 pages

Download or read book Brown Dog written by Jim Harrison and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of all of the Brown Dog novellas includes a previously unpublished story and follows the down-on-his-luck Michigan Native American's misadventures with an overindulgent lifestyle, his two adopted children and an ersatz activist who steals his bearskin. 35,000 first printing.

Book Prose Fiction  An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative

Download or read book Prose Fiction An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative written by Ignasi Ribó and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in developing their competence not only in analysing and interpreting short stories and novels, but also in writing them. This textbook prioritises clarity over intricacy of theory, equipping its readers with the necessary tools to embark on further study of literature, literary theory and creative writing. Building on a ‘semiotic model of narrative,’ it is structured around the key elements of narratological theory, with chapters on plot, setting, characterisation, and narration, as well as on language and theme – elements which are underrepresented in existing textbooks on narrative theory. The chapter on language constitutes essential reading for those students unfamiliar with rhetoric, while the chapter on theme draws together significant perspectives from contemporary critical theory (including feminism and postcolonialism). This textbook is engaging and easily navigable, with key concepts highlighted and clearly explained, both in the text and in a full glossary located at the end of the book. Throughout the textbook the reader is aided by diagrams, images, quotes from prominent theorists, and instructive examples from classical and popular short stories and novels (such as Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis,’ J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, or Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, amongst many others). Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative can either be incorporated as the main textbook into a wider syllabus on narrative theory and creative writing, or it can be used as a supplementary reference book for readers interested in narrative fiction. The textbook is a must-read for beginning students of narratology, especially those with no or limited prior experience in this area. It is of especial relevance to English and Humanities major students in Asia, for whom it was conceived and written.

Book Moscow Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-10-31
  • ISBN : 0199559899
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Moscow Tales written by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen tales from Russia's mysterious capital city provide an absorbing and many-sided portrait in fiction for readers who love travelling, armchair travellers, lovers of Russian literature, as well as those who love Moscow.

Book Book Notes Illustrated

Download or read book Book Notes Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Russian Classics  Silence  by L  N  Andreyev  The White Dog  by Feodor Sologub  The Doctor  by Michael Artzibashev  A Father  by Anton T

Download or read book Modern Russian Classics Silence by L N Andreyev The White Dog by Feodor Sologub The Doctor by Michael Artzibashev A Father by Anton T written by Edmund R. Brown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Russian Classics: Silence, by L. N. Andreyev; The White Dog, by Feodor Sologub; The Doctor, by Michael Artzibashev; A Father, by Anton Tchekov; Her Lover, by Maxim Gorky The present collection Of Russian tales, comprising five Of the best known stories in modern Russian literature, is useful not only as a samme Of the Slavic excellency in this peculiarly contemporary form, nor yet merely as a study in the technique Of the tale, a study, by the way, which in these days has grown to the proportions Of a literary disease, and which may be explained by the fact that creativeness cannot be taught, while some Of its external methods may be imitated. One Of the attributes, indeed, Of Russian fiction, -a characteristic that raises it far above the level Of our general magazine mediocrity, - is that it subordinates technique to content, or even ignores the more finnicky aspects Of form. I do not say that such an attitude is commendable, nor is it a requisite for a closer attention to the vital matter Of the tale. In comparison with our perk native writers, however, who sometimes seem to have mastered the Secret of saying nothing extremely well, I think the so-called carelessness Of more than one Russian writer far superior, even as technique. For he is getting some where in the best way he knows how, not deftly avoiding the approach to thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.