Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Russia 2

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Russia. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Nikolai Gogol: - The Nose - The Viy - The Cloak - Old-Fashioned Farmers - The Overcoat - Memoirs of a Madman - The Mysterious PortraitAnton Chekhov: - The Lady With The Little Dog - Ward No. 6 - A Joke - The Darling - Kashtanka - The Black Monk - In The Ravinein the ravienFyodor Dostoevsky: - White Nights - An Honest Thief - The Christmas Tree and the Wedding - Notes From Underground - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - A Little Hero - Mr. Prohartchin Leo Tolstoy: - God Sees the Truth, But Waits - Papa Panov's Special Christmas - Three Questions - Work, Death and Sickness A Legend - How Much Land Does a Man Needs? - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Alyosha the Pot Valery Bryusov: - The Republic of the Southern Cross. - The Marble Bust. - For Herself or for Another. - In the Mirror. - Protection. - The 'Bemol' Shop of Stationery. - Rhea Silvia.

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (31 March 1809 4 March 1852) was a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (13 December 1873 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian. He was one of the principal members of the Russian Symbolist movement.