Russian Language Literature

Short Stories in Russian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Russian for Beginners will make learning Russian easy and enjoyable.

The book is written in the form of fun to listen detective lines, which follow the continuing story of George, a Guadeloupian banker embarking on a journey that captures his day to day life set against a series of most peculiar events. In the third book, 'Rasskaz-kanonizatsiya', there is a second historical storyline, following a Russian professor who fled his country after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. His life crosses with George's.

These are short stories of one of the greatest writers in the world, Anton Chekhov. For more than 100 years, his humor and philosophy have surprised readers by their depth and brightness. These stories are for Russia and Russians, as much today as they were 100 years ago.

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren raises his daughter Assol alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Effektives Sprachenlernen mit Spaß, Spannung und Motivation. Compact Lernkrimi Hörbücher sind die ideale Kombination aus spannungsgeladenem Krimi-Hörgenuss und effektivem Sprachtraining. Die Kriminalgeschichte wird von Muttersprachlern gelesen und eignet sich hervorragend, um das Hörverständnis gezielt zu verbessern. Die Geschichte zum Mitlesen sowie zahlreiche textbezogene Übungen mit Lösungsteil und Glossar sind im kostenlosen Begleitbuch (im PDF-Format) enthalten.

Light, laconic, graceful language of the genius; it is the language of Pushkin. We present the most famous of Pushkin's works in the world: "Tales of Belkin" and "The Queen of Spades".

"Diary of a Madman"(1835) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. The story follows the life of a civil servant Poprishchin during the repressive era of Czar Nicholas I. Written in diary format, the narrative shows the descent of Poprishchin into insanity. As he loses it, he begins to “understand” canine conversations. Later, he loses a sense of time, and saw himself as the king of Spain. Poprishchin's alienation from society is strongly rooted to the way he perceives and treats people around him.

Irina Millbery created this audiobook about the Russian popular romantic poet Fedor Tyutchev, who lived in the 19th century, so that people of the whole world could learn about him and come to understand Russian poetry. Prepare to listen to his poems in Russian. Irina Millbery has also translated his most popular romantic song, "When I Met You", into English.

Are your nerves strong? Are you ready to subject yourself to a brutal intellectual shock? If yes, leave everything behind and listen to Sacramental, a grotesque fantasy where black humor intertwines with erotica, fantasy, manic philosophy, and music that pierces the deepest secret corners of your soul. You may not be able to withstand the emotional tension of this musical novel until its end, but one thing is certain, you will never forget it.

V izdanie voshli izvestnye proizvedenija pisatelja, sredi kotoryh "Nenuzhnaja pobeda", "Sel'skie jeskulapy", "Neudachnyj vizit" i dr. Jeti nebol'shie po ob#emu proizvedenija porazhajut masterstvom pisatelja, ego vnimaniem k detaljam, tochnym podborom slov i velikolepnymi opisanijami. V tvorchestve Chehova otrazilis' cherty russkogo nacional'nogo haraktera – mjagkost', zadushevnost' i prostota, pri sovershennom otsutstvii licemerija, pozy i hanzhestva.

Konjok-gorbunok (1834), ljubimaya mnogimi pokolenijami detej i vzroslyh. Veselaja, ozornaja i ochen' mudraja skazka o neverojatnyh prikljuchenijah Ivana i ego mudrogo sovetchika Kon'ka-gorbunka. Im udajotsja pojmat' Zhar-pticu, najti i dostat' dlja carja Car'-devicu, uvidet' skazochnye strany i skazochnyh zhivotnyh.