Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Alexander Poushkin, Nikolai V

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Genres: Short Stories, Classics

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1898

Reviews

[Timothy Coplin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm being generous with my three-star rating. Averaging the ratings I've given each individual story, I'd actually give this offering 2.75 stars.

MUMU and THE SHOT, both 2-star rated, were laborious and lack luster.

ST. JOHN'S EVE, 3 star rated, was on the long side for what it had to say, though what it had to say was beautifully painted.

AN OLD ACQUAINTNACE, 4-star rated, is clearly the best of the stories. While AOA is maybe the longest of the stores, it reads with an eloquent flow that wiles the time away.

I wouldn't recommend this collection to someone who I'd want to engage in Russian lit for the first time.

[Natasha Primaditta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aside from Ivan Turgenev's Mumu and St. John's Eve by Nikolai Gogol, the rest seems fairly normal if not uninteresting enough. Even Leo Tolstoy cannot sparks much interests from me.