Soviet Fiction

Nicolas Gogol es considerado como uno de los padres del realismo literario, pero en sus cuentos casi podría decirse que no solo hay realismo sino tambien una buena dosis de surrealismo, el mismo que se pondría de moda casi un siglo mas tarde, por lo que el insigne escrito es igualmente un precursor.

Un caballero de industria ruso, Chichikov, ha descubierto que si compra a sus antiguos duenos los siervos muertos despues del ultimo censo, puede lograr grandes subvenciones y esas son las almas muertas. La meta del autor fue "tratar de mostrar el alma rusa, con su variedad de dotes y riquezas morales pero tambien con sus defectos, que caracterizan al pueblo ruso".

Katerina Kabanova zamuzhem za slabovol'nym Tihonom, kotoryj nahoditsja pod kablukom u vlastnoj materi, Kabanihi. Sestra muzha - legkomyslennaja Varvara - ne ispytyvaet k Katerine osoboj privjazannosti, no odnazhdy provociruet vstrechu Kateriny i Borisa, v kotorogo vljublena Katerina. Poterjav golovu ot ljubvi, Katerina vse zhe obnaruzhivaet trusost' i bezvolie Borisa, rasskazyvaet vse muzhu i zakanchivaet zhizn' samoubijstvom, utopivshis' v Volge.

A strange and tragic story by one of the best Russian storytellers - a beautifully and powerfully written drama of misguided people brought together at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and for all the wrong reasons.

Although his work has somewhat fallen into obscurity, Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) is considered to be one of the greatest of Russian dramatists. He was one of the pioneers of a realistic style, which later found exponents in celebrated European dramatists like Ibsen and Strindberg. Of Ostrovsky's 47 plays, one of the best known is The Storm, the portrait of an idealistic young woman trapped in a world of crushing and venal orthodoxy. The Storm formed the basis of Janacek's opera, Katya Kabanova.

Сказки и басни великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого написаны специально для детей. Забавные и поучительные истории несут определенную мораль и духовность, воспитывают и просвещают, способствуют гармоничному развитию личности. СОДЕРЖАНИЕ: 1. Три медведя 2. Липунюшка 3. Ёж и заяц 4.

Юмористические рассказы Антона Чехова, Аркадия Аверченко и Надежды Тэффи в исполнении ведущих прямого эфира радиостанции СИТИ-ФМ Натальи Пешковой и Дмитрия Казнина - своеобразная энциклопедия женских и мужских характеров, остроумные зарисовки о взаимоотношениях между полами.

Поэмы в творчестве Пушкина занимают самое большое место наряду с лирикой. Всего поэтом было создано двенадцать поэм, и еще более двенадцати сохранилось в планах и набросках. Еще будучи лицеистом Пушкин начал, но не закончил еще совсем детскую шутливую поэму "Монах" и сказочную поэму "Бова".

В очередной выпуск аудиоальманаха Классика русского рассказа № 14 вошли следующие аудиоверсии рассказов: И.П. Прутков "Выход в свет"; А.П. Чехов "Хирургия"; А.Ф. Кошко "Король шулеров"; А.Т. Аверченко "Два преступления господина Волягина"; Е.И. Замятин "Десятиминутная драма"; А.С.

Девятнадцатилетний князь Нехлюдов после проведенных в деревне летних каникул, решает оставить учебу в университете и посвятить свою жизнь заботе о судьбах крестьян. У молодого помещика составлен целый план действий, а вся жизнь расписана строго по часам, дням и месяцам.

В 20-е годы прошлого столетия в СССР, огромным по тем временам тиражом 60 тысяч экземпляров издавался сатирический еженедельник, журнал "Бегемот".

Одним из самых могучих сородичей домашней кошки по праву считается лев. Львы обитают в саваннах, следуя за мигрирующими многотысячными стадами зебр и антилоп. В таких условиях выгоднее охотиться сообща, а не в одиночку.

Николай Семёнович Лесков (1831-1895) - выдающийся русский писатель, великолепный мастер слова, живописавший быт, нравы и настроения всех сословий России второй половины XIX века. Слушателям предлагается спектакль по его знаменитой повести "Леди Макбет Мценского уезда".

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s "A Faint Heart" (1848) is a short story about two close friends, Arkady Ivanovitch Nefedevitch and Vasya Shumkov. After a lengthy rumination on their names, Dostoevsky recounts the tale of how one of them is so overwhelmed by his good fortunate and happiness that he becomes consumed by it. The prospect of marrying his sweetheart brings him such euphoric joy that he experiences a masochistic transformation because the world wasn’t equally happy. So he ends up in an institution and his bride-to-be marries another.

Can an ordinary object - a watch, a piece of furniture, or an old rug - change the course of one's life? "Listen and find out" suggests an underappreciated master of Russian classical literature, Alexander Kuprin.

A woman driven to marry out of desperation. A billionaire who cannot stand gold diggers. The heat between them will lead to one or both of them getting burned. For richer, for poorer...in bondage and submission. In episode six, A simple lunch with Chen turns into an erotic challenge for Alena while she tries to keep all her lies straight. Advisory: This is a single short story episode that is part of a longer story told in serial format. Be advised this story is wickedly hot. Listen only if you can take the heat!

Moscow settings - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

Champagne is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, written in 1887. The story is written in the first person. The young head of a remote railway stop lived with his wife and without children in solitude, amusing himself with vodka and watching passing trains. Life was boring. One day before celebrating the New Year, he sat with his wife at the festive table, drank enough and thought about boredom. We waited for the clock to show the arrival of the New Year. At five minutes to twelve he uncorked the bottle, the cork flew out, and the bottle slipped out of his hands and fell to the floor.

Miguev, a married, intelligent collegiate assessor, is haunted with anxiety and worry. Miguev has a secret that he doesn't want his wife, the town, or his colleagues to discover. His mistress, after becoming pregnant and having his child, has recently tried to extort money from him in exchange for her silence. She threatens to ruin his reputation and divulge his secret shame to everyone unless he pays her. In the height of his fear and worry about his present situation, his fears seem to come alive when he discovers a baby bundled in a blanket on his porch.

The First Lover is a famous story by Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The main character, Evgeny Alekseevich Podzharov, tells the guests a story about his love adventure. However, the story causes slight bewilderment and makes one of the listeners blush.