About the Book

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.

Contents

Leonid Andreyev:

- Lazarus
- On The Day of Crucifixion
- The Crushed Flower
- The Serpent's Story
- Judas Iscariot
- The Little Angel
- A Story Which Will Never Be Finished

Daniil Kharms:

- Symphony no. 2
- On phenomena and existences - No. 1
- The thing
- Andrey Semyonovich
- An unexpected drinking bout
- The destiny of a professor's wife
- The memoirs of a wise old man

Alexander Pushkin:

- The Queen of Spades
- The Shot
- The Snowstorm
- The Postmaster
- The Coffin-maker
- Kirdjali
- Peter, The Great's Negro

Ivan Turgenev:

- A Desperate Character
- Knock, Knock, Knock
- A Strange Story
- The Dog
- The District Doctor
- The Inn
- Mumu

Maxim Gorky:

- Her Lover
- One Autumn Night
- Twenty Six Men and a Girl
- The Dead Man
- Waiting for the Ferry
- The Billionaire
- The Birth of a Man