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Résumé

Russian short stories are known for being melancholy, often dealing with suffering. However, they can also be funny and absurd. Some common subjects include class distinctions, the plight of the underdog, and a rejection of authoritarianism and bureaucracy.The best collection of Russian short stories includes:Fyodor Dostoevsky:Notes from the UndergroundThe Dream of a Ridiculous ManThe Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas TreeLeo Tolstoy:The Death of Ivan IlyichKholstomer, the Story of a HorseAlyosha the PotA Letter to a HinduA ConfessionGod Sees the Truth, but WaitsA Russian Christmas PartyAnton Chekhov:KashtankaGusevThe DarlingThe Lady with the DogA SlanderThe Horse-StealersThe PetchenyegA Dead BodyA Happy EndingThe Looking-GlassOld AgeDarknessThe BeggarIn TroubleFrostMinds in FermentGone AstrayAn AvengerThe Jeune PremierA Defenceless CreatureAn Enigmatic NatureA Happy ManA Troublesome VisitorAn Actor's EndA Story Without a TitleVankaIvan Turgenev:First LoveThe District DoctorMumuNikolay Gogol:The MantleMemoirs of a MadmanThe NoseA May NightThe CloakThe ViyChristmas EveAlexsandr Pushkin:The Queen of SpadesMaxim Gorky:One Autumn NightHer LoverLeonid Andreyev:LazarusThe Little AngelAleksandr Kuprin:The OutrageMikhail BulgakovThe Cup of Life Komarov CaseMoscow SettingsPsalmMoonshine SpringsSeanceShifting AccommodationThe Beer StoryThe Embroidered TowelIvan Bunin:The Gentleman from San FranciscoThe Grammar of LoveGentle BreathingSonAn Unknown FriendMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin:How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials

Auteur

  • Nikolaï Gogol (auteur)

    Nikolay Gogol, the author of the first great Russian novel of the 19th century, Dead Souls, as well as two classic plays and some of the finest short stories written in any language, was a true literary oddity. His peculiar, unhappy life and his uniquely dark comic sensibility have been consistently misunderstood by posterity, with critics fiercely debating his nationality, his religious beliefs, and even his sexuality. What has never been in doubt, however, is his immense literary talent which, while essentially sui generis, provided a template for the absurdist, surreal streak in Russian literature that continues to bear fruit to this day. Along with Alexander Pushkin, he also established a literary pattern for the depiction of St. Petersburg as a city of ambiguity and even monstrosity, life in which proves untenable for many of his long-suffering protagonists.Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol was born in Sorochyntsi, a Ukrainian Cossack village in what is now Ukraine's Poltava Oblast. His family were from the lower ranks of the gentry, his mother of Polish descent and his father a Ukrainian Cossack who wrote poetry and drama in Ukrainian. The family spoke both Ukrainian and Russian at home, and Gogol would later make a conscious choice to pursue a literary career in Russian rather than Ukrainian. He was educated at the Gymnasium of Higher Sciences in Nezhyn, a school founded as part of Alexander I's education reforms.

Auteur(s) : Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolaï Gogol, Alexsandr Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Aleksandr Kuprin, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Anton Chekhov

Caractéristiques

Editeur : Andrii Ponomarenko

Auteur(s) : Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Nikolaï Gogol, Alexsandr Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Aleksandr Kuprin, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Anton Chekhov

Publication : 15 décembre 2022

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)

Taille(s) : 6,78 Mo (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9786177943128

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