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Christmas is a special time of the year. It brings so many memories of happiness, childhood mischief, reflection and forgiveness. This selection of Christmas stories brings some of the best tales from around the world to share the magic, wisdom and love of Christmastime.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) is recognised as one of the greats of Russian literature. Soon after his 1843 graduation from the School of Engineering in St. Petersburg, the young Dostoyevsky abandoned his career to devote himself to literature. He quickly became a popular, recognised author, but in the unstable political environment of the time, he was accused of conspiracy, and in 1849 he was sentenced to ten years' hard labour in Siberia.

"Djadjushkin son" - radiospektakl' po motivam odnoimennoj povesti Fjodora Dostoevskogo. Povest' byla opublikovana v Sankt-Peterburge v 1859 godu. V provincial'nyj gorod Mordasov priezzhaet staryj bogatyj knjaz' K. Odna iz mestnyh dam, Mar'ja Aleksandrovna Moskaljova, stremitsja vydat' za nego zamuzh svoju doch' Zinu. Takim obrazom Mar'ja Aleksandrovna zhelaet steret' v mordasovskom obshhestve pamjat' o neudachnom romane Ziny i uchitelja ejo mladshego brata.

"Babulen'ka" - radiopostanovka po romanu "Igrok". Istoriya azarta, stavshego dlya cheloveka uzhe ne smyslom igry i dazhe ne smyslom zhizni, no edinstvennoy, ekzistentsial'noy sut'yu bytiya. Ispolniteli: F. Ranevskaya, O. Tabakov, M. Yanshin, A. Pokrovskaya, A. Ktorov, I. Kvasha, N. Nechaeva, S. Kuzmichev, K. Bartashevich.

"Peterburgskie snovideniya" - radiokompozitsiya spektaklya teatra imeni Mossoveta po romanu "Prestuplenie i nakazanie". Ispolniteli: G. Bortnikov, L. Markov, A. Barantsev, M. Terekhova, I. Kartashova, V. Otisko, A. Kasenkina, R. Plyatt, N. Pshennaya, G. Nekrasov, O. Kalmykova V. Sulimov, A. Len'kov, M. Pogorzhel'skiy.

"Bednye lyudi" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. pervoe original'noe pechatnoe proizvedenie russkogo pisatelya XIX veka Fedora Mihaylovicha Dostoevskogo, napisannoe v 1844-1845 godah i vpervye opublikovannoe s avtorskim zhanrovym podzagolovkom "roman" 21 yanvarya 1846 goda v "Peterburgskom sbornike" Nikolaya Nekrasova. Ispolnyaet Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy.

"Krotkaya" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. Povest' Fedora Mihaylovicha Dostoevskogo (v originale avtora - fantasticheskiy rasskaz). Odno iz poslednih proizvedeniy pisatelya, vpervye opublikovannoe v noyabr'skom vypuske «Dnevnika pisatelya» za 1876 god. Ispolnyaet Oleg Borisov.

"Istoriya odnogo muzykanta" - radiospektakl' po povesti F. M. Dostoevskogo "Netochka Nezvanova". Dostoevskiy ochen' tonko, psihologichno opisyvaet zhizn' devochki s samogo detstva i do zrelogo vozrasta, ee vnutrennyuyu bor'bu, izmeneniya v haraktere, ee mechty i stremlenie k schast'yu. Ispolniteli: Grebenshchikova Larisa, Savvina Iya, Borisov Oleg, Yakovlev Yariy, Prudkin Mark, Hohryakov Viktor.

"Dyadyushkin son" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennoy povesti. Deystvie proiskhodit v gorode Mordasove, gde zhivet Mariya Aleksandrovna Moskaleva - energichnaya dama, imeyushchaya dvadtsatitrekhletnyuyu doch'. Mat' mechtaet vydat' Zinaidu zamuzh, odnako ta myagko otklonyaet predlozheniya svoego edinstvennogo uhazhera Pavla Mozglyakova; drugih zhe dostoynyh kavalerov v ih nebol'shom gorodke net. No vot neozhidanno poyavlyaetsya prestarelyy Knyaz'... Ispolnyaet Mihail Yanshin.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! The happiest season of them all. This volume offers selected sorties dedicated to Christmas and winder seasons from some of the best storytellers such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Shakespeare, L. Frank Baum, Anton Chekhov. There'll be tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. And hearts will be glowing. The collection opens with 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, followed by 'At Christmas Time' from Anton Chekhov. In the second part we have 'A Kidnapped Santa Claus' by L. Frank Baum, followed by The Winter's Tale from William Shakespeare.

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in 12 monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from five years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.

Notes from the Underground is a revolutionary novel by Dostoevsky. The unnamed narrator is a former government official who has retreated into an underground existence. In complete withdrawal from society, he writes a passionate screed which attacks social utopianism.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

When the aging Russian Prince Prince K. arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection with the aim of engineering his marriage with her 23-year-old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. A rare foray into comedy by the giant of Russian literature, this tale still possesses all the hallmarks of Dostoevsky's psychological and philosophical writing.

Upon its first publication in 1846, Poor Folk was an immediate critical triumph. Composed entirely of an exchange of letters between a middle-aged copy clerk and a young seamstress who live on opposite sides of a Petersburg tenement courtyard, the novel explores the emotional and psychological effects of a threatening urban environment on the psyches of poor people struggling to survive.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of an extensive range of Fyodor Dostotevsky's short stories.

Collected here are some of Dostoyevsky's finest letters to his family and friends, as-well as reminiscences from those close to him. This audiobook also includes thoughts on his life and work from his contemporaries (including Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy). These letters give an insight into the work, life, and psychology of one of the greatest writers of all time.

While contemplating his life and deeming himself ridiculous, a man on the verge of suicide is interrupted by a young girl begging for his help. In his dark mood, he brushes her away, but when he returns home to commit the act he cannot move past his feelings of guilt over his treatment of the girl.

In June 1862, Dostoevsky left St. Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan, and Vienna. His impressions on what he saw, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, were first published in the February 1863 issue of "Vremya" (Time), the periodical he edited, and are collected here.

A Christmas ball sets the plans in motion for the wealthy Julian Mastakovich, for an immensely wealthy business man has just announced that his daughter has a dowry of 300,000 rubles. First published in 1848, and adapted into a motion picture in 2000, Dostoyevsky shines a light on the business end of well-moneyed marriage. It begins when an 11-year-old girl gets an extravagant doll at a Christmas ball.