A TREASURY OF GREAT RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES

by Avrahm-ed. Yarmelinsky ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1944

Vanguard's Treasury of Russian Literature overlaps this to some extent, by its inclusion of virtually all of the authors represented here. But this focuses wholly on the short story, a medium in which Russian literature excels, whereas the other volume includes short stories, but gives them as only one aspect of Russian literature. These are stories of the ""great cycle"" which began with Pushkin and declined with Chekhov; included are Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Leskov, Tolstoy, Korclenke, Kuprin, Gorky, and of course Pushkin and Chekhov (who comprises about one third of the collection). Various translations have been used; short biographical notes preface each section; and a qualitative, interpretative introduction points up the trends and characteristics.

Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1944

Categories: FICTION