The Queen of Spades and Other Russian Stories: Dual Language Reader (English/Russian)
USA: Study Pubs LLC, 2011.
New Book.Item #4162
ISBN: 9780983150336
Binding: Paperback
206 pp.
As opposed to memorizing Russian phrases or forcing yourself to get through another dry Russian grammar or verb manual, this Dual Language Reader uses short stories so that you're eager and excited to turn each page! In addition, short stories in DLR format serve as an excellent tool to aid you in developing the ability to "think" in Russian. In this book you will find a magnificent collection of the Russia's greatest short stories, written by the most notable Russian authors: Anton Chekhov , Alexander Pushkin (, Fyodor Dostoyevsky , and Nikolai Gogol . This compilation features Pushkin's masterpiece "The Queen of Spades". Other stories include: Gogol's incredibly disturbed and disturbingly humorous: "The Diary of a Madman"; Dostoyevsky's "The Thief" ; as well as Anton Chekhov's famous short story of "Slander" and the eerie tale of "The Witch". English Translations by some of the world's most renowned Russian-to-English translators, including Constance Garnett, Lizzie Gorin, E.L. Boole, and more! With the Russian (Cyrillic) text on the right and the English Translation on the left, you're able to comprehend the ideas being conveyed without turning a page!
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