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The Petty Demon by Fyodor Sologub
Page Count: 453Year: 1907This unsettling masterpiece of Russian symbolism centers on Ardalion Peredonov, a paranoid and cruel provincial high school teacher whose descent into madness mirrors the moral decay of his entire community. Obsessed with securing a promotion and a comfortable marriage, Peredonov finds his trivial ambitions twisted by suspicion, filth, and escalating fear. He begins to believe […]
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Princess Dzhavakha by Lidiya Charskaya
Page Count: 309Year: 1903This book is about a brave and proud Georgian girl. Little Nina tragically loses her beloved mother early in life and is left in the care of her father, a Georgian prince and battle-hardened general. Nina is an excellent horsewoman and a daring adventurer, yet she possesses a tender, sensitive, and compassionate soul. Having grown […]
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The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov
Page Count: 479Year: 1928“The Twelve Chairs” (1927) is a novel written almost a century ago, yet it feels as if it were just yesterday. Everyone quotes it, even those who haven’t read a single page or watched any of its numerous adaptations. Ostap Bender, the Great Schemer, has become a household name, with monuments erected to him across […]
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The Red Laugh by Leonid Andreyev
Page Count: 101Year: 1904This is a surreal parable about the insane horrors of war, so powerful that, returning in the crippled souls of men from the fronts, they continue to live, gradually materializing and tormenting, torturing, driving mad other, as yet untouched, victims. “The Red Laugh” is at first glance a strange, incomprehensible story. The horrors of war […]
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The Blind Musician by Vladimir Korolenko
Page Count: 201Year: 1886This is the story of a boy, born into a wealthy noble family, whose life is shadowed by blindness from the very beginning. How can one find their place in a world where its most obvious manifestations are inaccessible? Petr’s life changes with every new experience. His musical talent blossoms under the guidance of his […]
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Yama: The Pit by Alexander Kuprin
Page Count: 461Year: 1909“The Pit” is Kuprin’s most tragic work, which once had the effect of a bombshell among readers and critics, and even now, it shocks with its power and merciless realism. The sad story of the inhabitants of a mid-level brothel is told with almost photographic precision. The characters of the “night butterflies,” their clients, and […]
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