Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida Social & cultural history

Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida Social & cultural historyA unique collection bringing together acknowledged masterpieces from classic authors such as Chekhov and Gogol and a rich selection from less familiar writers. From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky,

In this newly revised and condensed version of Made to Crave

Persuasionis Austen's final completed novel

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Royal meet cute on her doorstep

so Angus must take responsibility

Astrid longs to see the world

The mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia hasn’t been seen since 1932

for in a month she’ll be gone — unless his frozen heart thaws before then…

From the author of The Littlest Library—a heartwarming novel about a widowed children’s book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door

lively rhymes

and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young ­readers coming back again and again