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  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle," from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul; The Song and The Dance; Easter Day; The Idiot; The Picture; Hamlet; Mechanical Justice; The Last Word; Dogs' Happiness; A Clump of Lilacs; Anathema; Tempting Providence; Cain. Aleksandr ... Read more

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  • The Pit [Yama]

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    ALEXANDER KUPRIN (1870-1938) was a Russian novelist and short-story writer, one of the last exponents of the great tradition of Russian social realism.His best-known novel, The Pit (Yama), is an overwhelming indictment of the timeless evil of prostitution. It is not without cause that YAMA has been called "the first and last honest work on the subject of prostitution."It deals with the red-light ... Read more

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  • 3 Russian Stories Discussing Religion and Life

    by Vladimir Korolenko, Alexander Kuprin, Leo Tolstoy ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture ... Read more

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  • 3 Russian Stories on the Horrors of War

    by Vsevolod Garshin, Alexander Kuprin, Vladimir Korolenko ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture ... Read more

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  • 3 Stories with Wartime Massacres

    by Alexander Kuprin, Ambrose Bierce, Vladimir Korolenko ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture ... Read more

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  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The farther I go back in my memory of the past, and the nearer I get to remembering incidents connected with my childhood, the more confused and doubtful do my recollections become. Much, no doubt, was told me afterwards, in a more conscious stage of my existence, by those who, with loving care, noticed my early doings. Perhaps many of the things that I recall never happened to me; I heard or read ... Read more

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  • 3 Stories About - Thieving for the Greater Good

    by Alexander Kuprin, Willa Cather, Vicente Blasco Ibanez ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

    $1.30 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Top 10 Short Stories - Sci-Fi - The Europeans

    by Jules Verne, Alexander Kuprin, H G Wells ...
    Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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  • Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov

    Enriched edition. Echoes of Russian Literary Legacy

    by Maxim Gorky, Alexander Kuprin, Ivan Bunin, Darcy Wycombe ...
    Translated by Leonard Woolf, S. S. Koteliansky ...
    Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov offers a poignant exploration into the life and literary impact of one of Russia's most celebrated playwrights and short story writers. The anthology encompasses a range of literary styles, from reflective narratives to intimate anecdotes, capturing Chekhov's multifaceted persona and the profound influence he had on his contemporaries. Readers will encounter a ... Read more

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  • Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov

    by Maxim Gorky, Alexander Kuprin ...
    This collection of short biographies about Chekhov includes: Fragments of Recollections by Gorky, To Chekhov's Memory by Kuprin, and A. P. Chekhov by Bunin. ... Read more

    $1.15 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle," from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul; The Song and The Dance; Easter Day; The Idiot; The Picture; Hamlet; Mechanical Justice; The Last Word; Dogs' Happiness; A Clump of Lilacs; Anathema; Tempting Providence; Cain. Aleksandr ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov

    by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin & Maksim Gorky & Alexander Kuprin ...
    Once he invited me to the village Koutchouk-Koy where he had a tiny strip of land and a white, two-storied house. There, while showing me his “estate,” he began to speak with animation: “If I had plenty of money, I should build a sanatorium here for invalid village teachers. You know, I would put up a large, bright building—very bright, with large windows and lofty rooms. I would have a fine ... Read more

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