The Greatest Russian Short Stories

But how could you live and have no story to tell? Fyodor DostoevskyA lonely man walking down the streets of St. Petersburg saves a woman from being harassed and over four nights they slowly get to know each other (White Nights). Doctor Startsev moves to a small provincial town and falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Ekaterina but she has ambitions of her own (Ionitch). Mumu tells the sad tale of a destitute hard-working serf named Gerasim and his bond with his dog Mumu.This literary treasure trove contains ten of the finest Russian short stories ever written comprising both lesser-known stories like Leonid Andreyevs Lazarus as well as more famous ones such as Nikolai Gogols The Cloak. Featuring a wide variety of authors including Maxim Gorky Alexander Pushkin and Anton Chekhov this book serves as a holistic introduction to the wide spectrum of Russian literature.