Soviet Fiction

The story is an absurd, comic, surreal, and sometimes grotesque send up of Major Kovalyov, who wakes up one morning to find his nose missing. The story has three parts. In part one, Kovalyov's barber finds his client's nose in his breakfast and is nabbed by the police when he tries to throw it off a bridge. In part two, Kovalyov awakes to find his nose gone.

De très beaux textes où le réalisme côtoie le grotesque, le fantastique ou l'absurde et ne fait pas obstacle à un foisonnement imaginaire souvent débridé. Gogol, à travers ces "petites histoires", nous donne à découvrir sa vision de la société russe du XIXe siècle, une "peinture au scalpel" pleine d'ironie et souvent drôle.

Alyosha the Pot is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy (1905) about the life and death of a simple, uncomplaining worker. It was published after Tolstoy's death in 1911 and received high praise from Tolstoy's contemporaries. Without ever calling Alyosha a holy fool, Tolstoy centers the story on his meekness, aloofness, and foolishness. Alyosha's simple life, soft-spoken manner, and calm acceptance of death epitomizes Tolstoyan principles.

Изменения в жизни и переворот в мировоззрении Толстого, нашли свое отражение в творчестве писателя. Прежде всего, в переживаниях героев, в том духовном прозрении, которое преломляет их жизнь. Эти герои занимают центральное место и в повести "Крейцерова соната".

A Russian Christmas Party by Leo Tolstoy is about a generous family on the brink of ruin whose mother pins their hopes for restoring their fortune on their son, Nicolas' marriage to a wealthy bride. Nicolas isn't cooperating, for he loves a poor girl named Sonia. Alas! How will they see it through?

Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself. In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta.

Akaki Akakievitch Bachmatchkine, un petit fonctionnaire, consacre l'essentiel de son temps à des copies d'actes, tâche qu'il accomplit avec zèle au milieu des moqueries et des vexations. Une catastrophe chamboule un jour sa vie : son manteau, usé jusqu'à la corde, doit être remplacé. Ceci donne subitement une autre dimension à l'existence d'Akaki. Il commence à économiser pour se procurer le vêtement dont l'acquisition vire à l'obsession.

Propichtchine est fonctionnaire à Saint Pétersbourg. À travers lui se jouent toutes les conditions humaines, du pathétique à l'absurde, jusqu'à rendre floues les frontières entre le fou et le normal. "Le Journal d'un fou" est avant tout une histoire russe, où le héros est à la fois furieux, infiniment triste, et tendre.

Театральный роман — неоконченный роман Михаила Булгакова. Написанный от первого лица, от имени некоего писателя Сергея Леонтьевича Максудова, роман рассказывает о театральном закулисье и писательском мире. Толчком к созданию этого романа послужил конфликт Булгакова с главным режиссером МХАТа К.С.Станиславским по поводу постановки пьесы "Кабала святош". Поэтому "Театральный роман" содержит шаржи как на Станиславского и Немировича-Данченко, так и на многих других сотрудников МХАТа. В произведении воссозданы многие драматические и комические моменты репетиций в театре

Récemment passés de la gêne à l'opulence, M. et Mme Kampf décident de donner un bal. Leur fille Antoinette, qui vient d'avoir quatorze ans, rêverait d'y assister. Mais Mme Kampf, peu soucieuse de présenter à ses admirateurs une fille déjà si grande, oppose un refus formel. Antoinette ne préméditera pas sa vengeance : elle l'accomplira d'un geste, dans un état second... Elle sera terrible.

ШИНЕЛЬ (в исполнении Сергея Юрского) Повесть Н.В. Гоголя "Шинель" открывает неисчерпаемую тему "маленького человека" в русской литературе. Мелкий чиновник Акакий Акакиевич безответно сносит лишения и насмешки окружающих.

Memoirs of a Madman or Diary of a Madman is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.

Par un rigoureux après-midi d'hiver, le riche marchand Brekhoußnov décide d'aller négocier l'achat d'une forêt chez un hobereau du voisinage. Nikita, son valet de ferme, et son cheval bai Belle-Face l'accompagnent. En cours de voyage, ils sont surpris par une violente tempête de neige. Ne pouvant laisser passer une bonne affaire, Brekhounov s'acharne à vouloir continuer sa route. Cette décision sera une grave erreur car le temps est désastreux, le cheval se fatigue et ils se perdent.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant and introspective short story that delves into the complexities of human emotions and the transient nature of romantic connections. Set against the backdrop of St. Petersburg's nocturnal charm, the narrative follows the lonely protagonist through four consecutive white nights, where he encounters a mysterious young woman. As the two form a deep but ephemeral connection, Dostoyevsky explores themes of love, isolation, and the fleeting nature of human connections.

Роман "Анна Каренина" был написан Л. Н. Толстым в 1877 году, а год спустя впервые выпущен отдельным книжным изданием. С тех пор минуло 140 лет. "Анна Каренина" выдержала более 30 экранизаций, бесчисленное количество театральных постановок и переизданий.

God Sees the Truth, But Waits is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1872. The story, about a man sent to prison for a murder he did not commit, takes the form of a parable of forgiveness. English translations were also published under titles "The Confessed Crime", "Exiled to Siberia", and "The Long Exile". The concept of the story of a man wrongfully accused of murder and banished to Siberia also appears in one of Tolstoy's previous works, War and Peace, during a philosophical discussion between two characters who relate the story and argue how the protagonist of their story deals with injustice and fate.

Andrey enters his final year of medical studies in 1854 with an empty belly, empty pockets, and secondhand clothes hanging together by wishful thinking. When Russia blunders into the misbegotten Crimean War, Tsar Nicholas recruits medical students to the front, and Andrey grabs at this flash of good luck. But his sanity is soon tested as he is forced to witness the most senseless and utter disregard for human life imaginable - where the death of a man holds no more significance than the death of a beetle.

Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation and publisher), typically contained in two volumes.

Notes from Underground, also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld, is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes is considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg.

Капитанская дочка - одно из самых известных исторических произведений в русской литературе. Непростая история отношений Петра Гринева и Маши Мироновой разворачивается на фоне мятежных событий, которые, впрочем, не способны сломить их волю. Тщательно и достоверно выписанные исторические события, простота и психологизм сделали произведение жемчужиной мировой литературы.