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10 best books like Алые паруса (Alexander Grin): A Hero of Our Time, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod, Горе от ума, The Collected Poems, Ruslan and Ludmila, Волшебник Изумрудного города, The Garnet Bracelet, and Other Stories, Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings

A Hero of Our Time
AuthorMikhail Lermontov
In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin, the archetypal Russian antihero, Lermontov's...
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
AuthorAnna Akhmatova
ISBN0939010275
Initially published in 1990, when the New York Times Book Review named it one of fourteen "Best Books of the Year," Judith Hemschemeyer's translation of The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies, making it one of the most successful poetry titles...
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
AuthorAlexander Pushkin
ISBN0803720017
Bitterly, the weaver sighed,
And the cook in passion cried,
Full of jealousy and hate
Of their sister's happy fate.
- Alexander Pushkin
Human beings are complex creatures. We can love and hate with the same energy. When we meet a cruel person, we call him “inhuman”. Because...
Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod
AuthorNikolai Gogol
ISBN0192828800
Hailed universally as Russia's finest comic writer, and by many as its greatest writer of prose, Nikolai creates a unique Ukranian world, from the darkest Gothic to folkloric levity. Here, this extraordinary countryside is revealed in all its variety in his first two collections of short stories....
Горе от ума
AuthorAleksandr Griboyedov
ISBN5080039159
"Горе от ума" - одна из первых русских комедий, разодранных на пословицы и поговорки, которыми до сих пор украшена речь всякого мало-мальски начитанного...
The Collected Poems
AuthorSergei Yesenin
ISBN0970580304
"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."

Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.

Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions,...
Ruslan and Ludmila
AuthorAlexander Pushkin
ISBN5050047730
Had I been 15, I would've certainly fallen in love with or say fantasized about Ruslan and though I'm not, this poetical work has been successful in charming me. Pushkin's dedication, "Queens of my heart, you lovely girls, they're meant for you and only you" was something I felt throughout. He weaves...
Волшебник Изумрудного города
AuthorAlexander Volkov
Сказочная повесть Александра Волкова, написанная в 1939 и являющаяся переработкой сказки Фрэнка Баума «Удивительный Волшебник из Страны Оз» (The Wonderful...
The Garnet Bracelet, and Other Stories
AuthorAleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin
ISBN1410102351
Stories contained in this volume: Moloch, Olesya, Night Duty, The White Poodle, I Was An Actor, The Gambrinus Emerald, The Garnet Bracelet. Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a...
Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings
AuthorAlexander Pushkin
ISBN0140446753
Alexander Pushkin was Russia's first true literary genius. Best known for his poetry, he also wrote sparkling prose that revealed his national culture with elegance and understated humour. Here, his gift for portraying the Russian people is fully revealed. "The Tales of Belkin", his first prose...
The Storm
AuthorAleksandr Ostrovsky
ISBN1406938556
KATERINA. Yes, I am well.... It would be better if I were ill, it's worse as it is. A dream keeps creeping into my mind, and I cannot get away from it. I try to think--I can't collect my thoughts, I try to pray--but I can't get free by prayer. My lips murmur the words but my heart is far away; as though the evil one...
Тёмные аллеи
AuthorIvan Bunin
ISBN5352002373
Когда-то давно, ещё в школе, наша заботливая учительница литературы выбрала на свой вкус пару рассказов Бунина, и я точно помню, что они были из сборника...
Золотой Ключик, или Приключения Буратино
AuthorAleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
ISBN5699009965
''ফ্রকের ভাঁজ আর রিবনগুলো ঠিকঠাক করে নিয়ে বুরাতিনোর হাত ধরে মেয়েটি তাকে নিয়ে এলো বাড়ির ভেতরে, মানুষ...
Двенадцать стульев / Золотой телёнок
AuthorIlya Ilf
Once upon a time my father was nearly expelled from the Komsomol - a youth communist organization in the USSR, for choosing Ostap Bender - a charming thief, polygamist and swindler from "Twelve Chairs" and "The Golden Calf" as the subject of "My favorite literary character" composition. At the time...
Mumu
AuthorIvan Turgenev
ISBN1425469272
Mumu (Russian: «Муму») is a short story by Ivan Turgenev, a Russian novelist and story writer, written in 1854.

The story of Gerasim, a deaf and mute serf whose life of poverty is brought into sharp relief by his connection with Mumu, a dog he rescued, brought greater national attention...
Приключения Незнайки
AuthorNikolay Nosov
ISBN5955504605
Целую страну, населенную забавными коротышками, создал Н.Носов. Обитатели этой страны беззаботны, жизнерадостны, наивны, изобретательны, любопытны...
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