Russian Romantic Prose: An Anthology

By Carl R. ProfferOrest SomovVladimir Odoyevsky, et al.

Book Overview

While Gogol and Pushkin are the best known of these writers now, in the 1830s their popularity was equaled and sometimes surpassed by the likes of Marlinsky and Veltman, who are both featured in this well-rounded collection. Also included are Alexander Pushkin's "The Shot," Nikolai Gogol's "Viy," and the first English translations of works by Somov, Lermontov, and Vladimir Sollogub InRussian Romantic Prose: An Anthology, readers will find stories of adventure, travel, fantasy, and extraordinary passions, written by authors whose lives and fiction alike were charged with excitement and danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468301519
• ISBN13: 9781468301519
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Ardis Publishers
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher