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10 best books like The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Alexander Pushkin): A Hero of Our Time, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Selected Poems, Village Evenings Near Dikanka and Mirgorod, Горе от ума, Волшебник Изумрудного города, Karlsson on the Roof, Demon, The Garnet Bracelet, and Other Stories, The Storm

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...
Selected Poems
AuthorMarina Tsvetaeva
ISBN0140187596
Under normal circumstances with poetry I always like an in-depth read up on the writer prior to reading if it's somebody that I know nothing about, in the case of Marina Tsvetaeva my knowledge of her was non-existent, but hastily threw myself into the deep end instead of getting my feet wet first, so I had...
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...
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...
Karlsson on the Roof
AuthorAstrid Lindgren
ISBN0749710373
Imagine Smidge's delight when, one day, a little man with a propeller on his back appears hovering at the window! It's Karlson and he lives in a house on the roof. Soon Smidge and Karlson are sharing all sorts of adventures, from tackling thieves and playing tricks to looping the loop and running across...
Demon
AuthorMikhail Lermontov
ISBN1853993166
Where the land knows no time
where bonfires have no end,
and doomed shadows often tend
to mutter songs that poorly rhyme,

there lies the Demon, another prey of his kingdom.

and one by one the ages passed,
as minute follows after minute,
each one monotonously...
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...
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...
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...
The Three Fat Men
AuthorYury Olesha
Doctor Gaspar Arney
What a clever man is he!
He can trap the sliest fox,
He can crack the hardest rocks,
He can fly from here to Mars,
He can reach the farthest stars!

This jolly song takes us in to the world of make-believe created by Yuri Olesha. The scene is set in a fantastic...
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...
Алые паруса
AuthorAlexander Grin
ISBN5170261691
Scarlet Sails, a beloved Russian fairy-tale for adults and children alike, is a story about dreams coming true, no matter how silly or futile or far-reached they may seem.

(Because of this book, I even had a sailor suit when I was little :D)

Who hasn't had wild childhood dreams that we...
Poor Liza
AuthorNikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin
ISBN1853992925
Nikolaj Karamzin (1766-1826) is vooral bekend als vernieuwer van de Russische literaire taal. Met die vernieuwing legde hij de basis voor de grote Russische klassieke literatuur van de negentiende eeuw. Zijn novelle Arme Liza (1792) is een van de eerste werken die in dit nieuwe proza is geschreven.
Arme...
Дядя Фёдор, пёс и кот
AuthorEduard Uspensky
ISBN5170045522
Эта история случилась в большом городе. Можно сказать, что такие маленькие трагедии происходят в большом городе каждый день. Один мальчик позвал к себе...
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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