Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book
Gleb Struve
May 2012 · Courier Corporation
3.7star
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The story, or novella, as a literary genre has a much shorter history in Russia than in some Western countries, but it has nevertheless produced important works by some of the greatest names in Russian literature. This dual-language volume contains 12 such stories — memorable tales by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev, Bunin, and other masters. Each selection is presented here in the original Russian with an excellent literal English translation on the facing pages.
Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a Russian-English vocabulary, study questions and more. In addition, Professor Struve has supplied an enlightening introduction to the Russian short story, as well as concise biographical/critical introductions to each selection. An especially helpful feature for students of Russian is the presence of stress accents in the Russian text, a feature usually found only in primers.
Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a Russian-English vocabulary, study questions and more. In addition, Professor Struve has supplied an enlightening introduction to the Russian short story, as well as concise biographical/critical introductions to each selection. An especially helpful feature for students of Russian is the presence of stress accents in the Russian text, a feature usually found only in primers.
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3.7
6 reviews
Jonathan Knox
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November 27, 2014
With the physical book, you have the Russian version on the left, followed by the English version of the exact same page on the right. Unfortunately, the ebook creator has inserted or removed a single page, which means that when viewed side-by-side the two pages do not correspond to each other, which makes it a bit of a pain to read. This should be a pretty simple thing to fix. Hopefully they'll have the wisdom to do so.
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J
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January 6, 2020
I have a physical copy of this book, and it's great, but the formatting for the ebook is completely broken. I'm using a Samsung, so be sure to check how the sample looks on your device before purchasing.
David Thornton
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August 18, 2016
Excellent study format.. works great in digital format. Try the Sample. Those given a negative critique must not be doing something right because it worked perfectly for me
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