На дне
10 best books like На дне (Maxim Gorky): Eugene Onegin, And Quiet Flows the Don, The Cherry Orchard, Горе от ума, The Lady with the Little Dog, The Duel, Бесприданница, The Storm, Иуда Искариот, Недоросль
| Author | Alexander Pushkin |
| ISBN | 0192838997 |
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in imperial Russia during the 1820s, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and a stylized Pushkin himself...
| Author | Mikhail Sholokhov |
| ISBN | 0460878905 |
And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (Тихий Дон, lit. "The Quiet Don") is 4-volume epic novel by Russian writer Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov. The 1st three volumes were written from 1925 to '32 & published in the Soviet magazine October in 1928–32. The 4th volume was finished...
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
| ISBN | 0413774031 |
Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history, and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down...
| Author | Aleksandr Griboyedov |
| ISBN | 5080039159 |
"Горе от ума" - одна из первых русских комедий, разодранных на пословицы и поговорки, которыми до сих пор украшена речь всякого мало-мальски начитанного...
The Lady with the Little Dog
*Illustrated
*Includes Table of Contents
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his 44 years of life. Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be one of the greatest writers in history, particularly...
| Author | Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin |
| ISBN | 0451500458 |
Her mourth was almost pressed against his, and her words were like quick, hurried kisses: "You must absolutely go through with the duel tomorrow."
This is an account of the final days of Czarist Russia. An absorbing saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own soldiers. Stranded...
| Author | Aleksandr Ostrovsky |
| ISBN | 5170168969 |
This story will always have a special place in my heart, since it's the first one in a while that made me sympathize with a character to the point of actually crying my eyes out. To be fair, though - it wasn't Ostrovsky's doing. We have Guzeeva's performance in "Cruel Romance" to thank for that. Like so many...
| Author | Aleksandr Ostrovsky |
| ISBN | 1406938556 |
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...
| Author | Leonid Andreyev |
| ISBN | 5040081669 |
В прозе Леонида Андреева причудливо переплелись трепетная эмоциональность, дотошный интерес к повседневности русской жизни и подчас иррациональный...
| Author | Denis Fonvizin |
| ISBN | 5170427131 |
"Недоросль" - шедевр русской драматургии, бессмертная комедия, знакомая нам еще со школьных лет. В ней прямо указан корень всех бед России - крепостное...
| Author | Ivan Turgenev |
| ISBN | 1425469272 |
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...
"Трагическим тенором эпохи" назвала Блока Анна Ахматова. "Тенор" - кумир публики, культовый герой... Именно таковым и был А.Блок в глазах современников....
