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The Nose
- By: Nicolai Gogol
- Narrated by: Douglas Harvey
- Length: 57 mins
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The story is an absurd, comic, surreal, and sometimes grotesque send up of Major Kovalyov, who wakes up one morning to find his nose missing. The story has three parts....
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A Confession
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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A Confession, or My Confession, is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian...
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The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devils & The Brothers Karamazov
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work....
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Весь Булгаков
- By: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов, Дмитрий Шабров
- Length: 78 hrs and 8 mins
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В настоящую аудиокнигу включены наиболее знаковые произведения Михаила Булгакова. Попадая в удивительный мир писателя, читатель остается покоренным...
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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the 20th century, despite its surreal environment....
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abridged version
- By Fiona S on 05-12-2021
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Пиковая дама [The Queen of Spades]
- By: Alexander Pushkin
- Narrated by: Ksenia Tolstokoneva
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Повесть Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, жанр русская классика. Сюжет повести обыгрывает излюбленную Пушкиным тему непредсказуемой судьбы, фортуны, рока....
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The Nose
- By: Nicolai Gogol
- Narrated by: Douglas Harvey
- Length: 57 mins
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The story is an absurd, comic, surreal, and sometimes grotesque send up of Major Kovalyov, who wakes up one morning to find his nose missing. The story has three parts....
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A Confession
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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A Confession, or My Confession, is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian...
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The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devils & The Brothers Karamazov
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work....
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Весь Булгаков
- By: Михаил Булгаков
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов, Дмитрий Шабров
- Length: 78 hrs and 8 mins
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В настоящую аудиокнигу включены наиболее знаковые произведения Михаила Булгакова. Попадая в удивительный мир писателя, читатель остается покоренным...
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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the 20th century, despite its surreal environment....
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abridged version
- By Fiona S on 05-12-2021
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Пиковая дама [The Queen of Spades]
- By: Alexander Pushkin
- Narrated by: Ksenia Tolstokoneva
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Повесть Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, жанр русская классика. Сюжет повести обыгрывает излюбленную Пушкиным тему непредсказуемой судьбы, фортуны, рока....
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Анна Каренина 1-8
- By: Лев Толстой
- Narrated by: Александр Клюквин
- Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
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Роман "Анна Каренина" был написан Л. Н. Толстым в 1877 году, а год спустя...
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Beautifully presented
- By Marianna Kositsin on 15-08-2022
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War and Peace
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Simon Russell Beale, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation....
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Evgenii Onegin
- A New Translation by Mary Hobson
- By: Alexander Pushkin, Mary Hobson - translator
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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Evgenii Onegin is best known in the West through Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin. But the original narrative poem is one of the landmarks of Russian literature....
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Преступление и наказание
- By: Федор Достоевский
- Narrated by: Всеволод Кузнецов
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
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Еще один вариант прочтения бессмертного романа Федора Михайловича...
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Прекрасная книга и талантливый наратор
- By Amazon Customer on 14-11-2023
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Республика ШКИД [Republic of ShKID]
- By: Leonid Panteleev, Grigoriy Belyh
- Narrated by: Natalia Pervina
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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Автобиографическая повесть Григория Белых и Леонида Пантелеева....
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Crime and Punishment (Audio Connoisseur Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
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This magnificent novel is about the murder of a miserly, aged pawnbroker and her younger sister by a radical, destitute St. Petersburg student named Raskolnikov....
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- By Anonymous User on 30-01-2019
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War and Peace
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 59 hrs and 5 mins
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Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia....
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The Beauties: Essential Stories
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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The Beauties: Essential Stories is a captivating collection that brings together some of the most remarkable and beloved works by the acclaimed Russian...
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Классика русского рассказа № 1
- Классика русского рассказа 1
- By: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, Антон Павлович Чехов, Иван Алексеевич Бунин, and others
- Narrated by: Анатолий Кузнецов, Александр Клюквин, Александр Бордуков
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Мы адресуем этот сборник не только всем ценителям русской классической...
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Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers. A poverty stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him...
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Seance
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 18 mins
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Seance is a famouse short story by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in 1922. Published in the magazine "Rupor" (1922, No. 4). The epigraph to the work...
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Leo Tolstoy: The Non-Fiction Collection
- What is Art?; The Inevitable Revolution; The Kingdom of God Is Within You; A Confession
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Malk Williams, Stephane Cornicard
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
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This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 4 greatest works of non-fiction in one audiobook....
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Арап Петра Великого
- By: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Арап Петра Великого — исторический роман гениального российского поэта, "солнца русской поэзии", драматурга и прозаика А. С. Пушкина (1799–1837)...
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Медный всадник
- By: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 27 mins
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Поэма Медный всадник принадлежит перу гениального российского поэта, солнца русской поэзии, драматурга и прозаика А. С. Пушкина (1799 — 1837)...
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Полтава
- By: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Полтава — поэма гениального российского поэта, «солнца русской поэзии», драматурга и прозаика А. С. Пушкина (1799–1837). В ней две линии: любовная...
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Пиковая дама
- By: Александр Пушкин
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Пиковая дама — светская повесть гениального российского поэта, «солнца русской поэзии», драматурга и прозаика А. С. Пушкина (1799–1837). В ней обыгрываются...
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Invitation to a Beheading
- By: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude." an imaginary crime that defies definition....
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In the Ravine and Other Stories
- By: Anton Chekhov
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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Here are 11 short stories and one novella by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre....
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 36 hrs and 45 mins
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The touching picture of Anna Aarkadyevna Karenina's slow disintegration has fascinated readers for well over a century....
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Collection: The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and Notes from the Underground
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Michael A. Harding
- Length: 96 hrs and 12 mins
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Step into the rich history and culture of Mother Russia with this classic collection by esteemed writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. With his penchant for gripping prose and powerful themes that unmasked the social struggles and intellectual clashes of his day....
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Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoyevsky to His Family and Friends
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Narrated by: James Geagan
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881), one of the greatest Russian novelists of all time, was a unique man, whose life and energy comes through in his letters he wrote to his close friends and family. These letters have become a classic and have been translated into 170 languages....
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Преступление и наказание
- By: Федор Михайлович Достоевский
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Герасимов
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
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Круг основных идей романа "Преступление и наказание" писатель вынашивал...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Essays Collection
- Winter Notes on Summer Impressions; Letters & Reminisances; Virginia Woolf's Essays on Dostoyevsky
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Ben Allen, Emma Gregory
- Length: 16 hrs
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This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of Fyodor Dostotevsky's two finest works of non-fiction....
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The Outrage
- By: Aleksandr Kuprin
- Narrated by: Anthony Bottoms
- Length: 36 mins
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Ivan Alekseevich Kuprin, a Russian writer of the early 20th century, was renowned for his short stories and novellas imbued with deep psychological insight and attention to detail. His works often depict the lives of ordinary people, their dreams, sufferings, and joys. Kuprin crafted vivid characters that continue to captivate readers with their authenticity and emotional depth.
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The Grammar of Love
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 30 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Anthology of Short Stories - The Grammar of Love, the Gentleman from San Francisco, Gentle Breathing, Son, Unknown Friend
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 3 hrs
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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The Gentleman from San Francisco
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Son
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 37 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Gentle Breathing
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 18 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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The Outrage
- By: Aleksandr Kuprin
- Narrated by: Anthony Bottoms
- Length: 36 mins
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Ivan Alekseevich Kuprin, a Russian writer of the early 20th century, was renowned for his short stories and novellas imbued with deep psychological insight and attention to detail. His works often depict the lives of ordinary people, their dreams, sufferings, and joys. Kuprin crafted vivid characters that continue to captivate readers with their authenticity and emotional depth.
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The Grammar of Love
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 30 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Anthology of Short Stories - The Grammar of Love, the Gentleman from San Francisco, Gentle Breathing, Son, Unknown Friend
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 3 hrs
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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The Gentleman from San Francisco
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Son
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 37 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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Gentle Breathing
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 18 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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An Unknown Friend
- By: Ivan Bunin
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 24 mins
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Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.
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The Soul of Russia
- By: Morris Berman
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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In terms of literature, music, and film, it would be hard to outdo the sheer genius and creativity of Russia. These things constitute the soul of the nation, and it is this that Morris Berman explores in his latest work, The Soul of Russia.
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 39 hrs and 30 mins
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Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation and publisher), typically contained in two volumes.
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First Love
- By: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrated by: Mike Hogan
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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First Love by Ivan Turgenev - a story about real feelings and play. Main character works are passionately in love with the princess, who older than him, but for her a careless young man - just an object of ridicule. Other famous works, such as "Asya", "Fathers and Sons", "A Nest of Noblemen", "Biryuk", "On the Eve", "Mumu", "Fire at Sea", "The Wayside Inn", "The Watch", "Three Portraits", "A Strange Story", "The Meeting", etc.
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The District Doctor
- By: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrated by: Joe Phoenix
- Length: 26 mins
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The short story The District Doctor by Turgenev, written in 1848, is part of the "Sportsman's Sketches" cycle. It tells the tale of a hopeless love between a dying girl from a noble family and a humble county doctor. Other famous works, such as "Asya", "Fathers and Sons", "A Nest of Noblemen", "Biryuk", "On the Eve", "Mumu","Fire at Sea", "The Wayside Inn", "The Watch", "Three Portraits", "A Strange Story", "The Meeting", etc.
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First Love and Other Stories
- By: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrated by: Mike Hogan, Joe Phoenix, Richard Williams
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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Ivan Turgenev was an outstanding writer of the 19th century, a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the category of Russian language and literature. He was the author of philosophical and psychological poems, short stories, short novels, and novellas. Throughout his work, he delves into the themes of Russian intelligentsia and peasant life, showcasing mastery in creating psychological portraits.
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The Leo Tolstoy Collection
- War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Christopher Preece
- Length: 96 hrs and 7 mins
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Drawing on three of the greatest works of Russian literature, this sweeping collection breathes new life into Leo Tolstoy’s legacy, providing contemporary listeners with an easy, accessible way to discover and enjoy this great Russian author’s literary talents. With gripping prose and profound philosophical insights, listeners will be transported to the battles of the Napoleonic era in War and Peace, explore the trials and tribulations of upper-class Russian life and love in Anna Karenina, and uncover a controversial reflection on Russian culture.
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Komarov Case
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Komarov Case' - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Moscow is in a cold sweat - people disappear one by one, and then the bags with their corpses are found in different parts of the city. According to the same mode of wounds and the method of tying of victims - all these murders is the work of the same person.
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Alyosha the Pot
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 12 mins
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Alyosha the Pot is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy (1905) about the life and death of a simple, uncomplaining worker. It was published after Tolstoy's death in 1911 and received high praise from Tolstoy's contemporaries. Without ever calling Alyosha a holy fool, Tolstoy centers the story on his meekness, aloofness, and foolishness. Alyosha's simple life, soft-spoken manner, and calm acceptance of death epitomizes Tolstoyan principles.
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Kholstomer
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Kholstomer is a work by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as "one of the most striking stories in Russian literature". It was started in 1863 and left unfinished until 1886, when it was reworked and published as Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse. This story prominently features the technique of defamiliarization by adopting the perspective of a horse to expose some of the irrationalities of human conventions. Kholstomer's altruistic life is recounted parallel to that of his selfish and useless owner. At the end of the story horse dies but his corpse gives birth to a new life - that of wolf cubs.
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Seance
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 18 mins
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Seance is a famouse short story by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in 1922. Published in the magazine "Rupor" (1922, No. 4). The epigraph to the work, created on the basis of the author's life observations, is Mephistopheles' Patter "Do not invoke him!"
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Moscow Settings
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 16 mins
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Moscow settings - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.