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A legend, a ship, a mystery.... One man sets out on a sea voyage of his dreams and sails along the boundary between fantasy and reality.

It is difficult to combine mysticism with humor, but Alexander Grin takes on the challenge and comes out with flying colors. For all its mystical and mythical references, An Incident at the Apartment of Madam Cerize, is quite a heartwarming story, giving all of us some hope that, sometimes, powers that be do care.

Alexander Grin is known for his strange and chilling tales, and this one is certainly one of the oddest of them all. The author would like us to consider what would happen if a creation not only outsmarted its creator but became truly dangerous.

The quiet, settled life of a tropical colony is disrupted when a mysterious stranger makes his home nearby. Himself an exile from the wider world and bittersweet memories, the newcomer pursues his own goals, but not before he alters the paths of those around him forever.

Every once in a while...an evil so great comes along that it takes the greatest test of love, life, and death to withstand it. Alexander Grin's Suan Plato Tragedy is a story of just such an evil and just such a test.

Sandy Pruel - a 16-year-old ship boy serving on a third-grade cargo vessel - receives an unexpected visit from two strangers that approach him with an unusual offer. What begins as a daring prank, develops into a dazzling kaleidoscope of adventure, intrigue, unimaginable riches, and romance.

One day, a courier who deems himself quite the romantic hero, decides to follow a beautiful stranger...only to be plunged into a nightmare vortex in space and time.

There are people comfortably settled into their lives. There are people confident in what they know. There are people who are safe within their well-defined world. Just when they think they have the universe figured out, along comes Drood and changes everything overnight. Join the great Russian dreamer Alexander Grin, as he explores the question - what would happen if a human being could fly?

Enjoy the journey down the paths of the sacred and the profane, the strange and the frightening, the hideous and the dazzling as you enter Terra Phantasticum.

Strange, strange things appear to a man who ventures alone into the night-time woods.

"Upon a Cloudy Shore" is a strange and fascinating tale about human relationships, greed, honor, and commitment, written in Alexander Grin's typical beautifully fanciful style.

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"Alye parusa" - radiospektakl' po odnoimennoj povesti Aleksandra Grina o nepokolebimoj vere v chudo i vsepobezhdajushhej, vozvyshennoj mechte. Povest' rasskazyvaet istoriju o zhizni devochki Assol', kotoraja poterjala svoju mat', kogda ej bylo pjat' mesjacev. Assol' zhila so svoim otcom-morjakom. Posle otstavki on stal delat' igrushki, chtoby zarabotat' sebe i malen'koj Assol' na zhizn'. I odnazhdy Assol' v lesu vstrechaet starika po imeni Jegl', kotoryj rasskazyvaet ej, chto kogda ona stanet vzrosloj, k nej priplyvjot princ na korable s alymi parusami.

Loved by generations of devoted fans, She Who Runs the Waves stands as one of the most famous and well-received science fiction novels of Russian author Alexander Grin (1880-1932). Grin, who has a peculiar history of being nationally adored and internationally ignored, is at his best here. With its fanciful descriptions of whimsical landscapes, She Who Runs the Waves is undoubtedly the work of an imagination that knew no bounds.

Gladiators and Other Stories is a collection of short stories from Russian author Alexander Grin (1880-1932). While Grin suffered through prison sentences and multiple exiles during his lifetime, his fiction often features fantasy worlds far more romantic and enticing than the harsh realities in which he lived. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

The Golden Chain is one of the most famous adventure novels written by the outstanding Russian romantic writer Alexander Grin (pseudonym of Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky [1880-1932]). This classic tale, addressing the theme of money not bringing happiness, has been popular in Russian since it's publication in 1925.

This audiobook contains a collection of short stories by the famous 20th-century Russian romantic writer Alexander Grin (real name: Alexander S. Grinevsky [1880-1932]). Known for his fast-paced tales of daring adventure and tender romance, Grin's classic stories will delight contemporary audiences as much as the did his original audience.

Ships in Liss and Other Stories is a collection of short stories from Russian author Alexander Grin (1880-1932). While Grin suffered through prison sentences and multiple exiles during his lifetime, his fiction often features fantasy worlds far more romantic and enticing than the harsh realities in which he lived. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

A classic tale of adventure and romance by the most renowned Russian romance writer of the 20th century, Alexander Grin (real name: Alexander S. Grinevsky (1880-1932), Scarlet Sails is a great romantic story dealing with themes of the eternal: honor and dishonor, cowardice and bravery, hope and despair....