Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a Russian-English vocabulary, study questions and more. In addition, Professor Struve has supplied an enlightening introduction to the Russian short story, as well as concise biographical/critical introductions to each selection. An especially helpful feature for students of Russian is the presence of stress accents in the Russian text, a feature usually found only in primers.

Stories in This Volumes:

Alexander Pushkin............................... The Stationmaster Nikolay Gogol........................................ The Nose Ivan Turgenev........................................ A Living Relic Fyodor Dostoevsky............................... Bobok Leo Tolstoy............................................ The Three Hermits Nikolay Leskov...................................... The Clothesmender Anton Chekhov...................................... Sleepy Fyodor Sologub..................................... In Bondage Ivan Bunin............................................... Sunstroke Evgeny Zamyatin.................................... The Cave Isaac Babel............................................. The Death of Dolgushov Mikhail Zoshehenko.............................. Yuletide Story

For any student of Russian language or literature, this convenient treasury of representative tales offers a wonderful opportunity to learn the language through the literature and to gain rich insight into Russian life, culture and literary trditions.