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The book probes the possible roles of four brothers in the unresolved murder of their father, Fyodor Karamazov. At the same time, it carefully explores the personalities and inclinations of the brothers themselves. Their psyches together represent the full spectrum of human nature, the continuum of faith and doubt. Ultimately, this novel seeks to understand the real meaning of faith and existence and includes much beneficial philosophical and spiritual discussion that moves the reader towards faith.

The story told in Vasily Grossman's Stalingrad unfolds across the length and breadth of Russia and Europe. At the heart of the novel is the Shaposhnikov family. Even as the Germans advance, the matriarch, Alexandra Vladimirovna, refuses to leave Stalingrad. Far from the front, her eldest daughter, Ludmila, is unhappily married to the Jewish physicist Viktor Shtrum. Viktor's research may be of crucial military importance, but he is distracted by thoughts of his mother in the Ukraine, lost behind German lines.

Los hermanos Karamazov de Fiodor Dostoyevski es una obra maestra que profundiza en temas como la fe, la duda, el libre albedrío y la naturaleza del mal, a través de la compleja relación entre los miembros de la familia Karamazov en la Rusia del siglo XIX. Dostoyevski, uno de los más grandes escritores de la literatura universal, utiliza esta novela para explorar las luchas morales y los conflictos internos, ofreciendo una rica reflexión sobre la condición humana, la moralidad y la búsqueda de la verdad en un contexto de intensos debates filosóficos y teológicos.

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound philosophical and psychological novel that explores deep questions of faith, doubt, free will, and the nature of evil through the lives of the Karamazov family in 19th century Russia. The narrative delves into the moral struggles and inner turmoil of the three brothers and their relationship with their father, leading to a dramatic and tragic conclusion. This masterpiece is celebrated for its exploration of the human condition, morality, and the search for truth.

Зміст збірки Хрестоматії з української літератури для 6 класу: Микола Вороний. "Євшан-зілля"; Збірка "Із пісенних скарбів"Леонід Глібов. Байки; Степан Васильченко. "Бусурмен"; Збірка "Календарно-обрядові пісні"; Степан Руданський. "Козак і король"; Спиридон Черкасенко. "Маленький горбань"; Павло Глазовий. "Найважча роль"; Збірка "Стрілецькі пісні"; Тарас Шевченко. "Тарасова ніч", "Думка", "Іван Підкова"; Леся Українка. "Мрії", "Тиша морська", "Як дитиною бувало..."; Станіслав Чернілевський. "Теплота родинного інтиму".

В 2020 году в России отменяют деньги. Повсюду выстраиваются очереди: за волютой, продуктами, лекарствами. Все торопятся как можно скорее потратить свои накопления – ведь завтра они уже никому не будут нужны. Лена в замешательстве: она против реформы, но возмущаться нет времени. На ее плечах двое сыновей, а от бывшего мужа помощи не дождешься. Нужно думать за троих и жить дальше. В апокалиптическом хаосе безденежной России Лена ищет себя, а главное – счастье. Очередь за счастьем - не о деньгах, хоть они и кажутся центром всего сюжета. Эта история – о людях.

"I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man", a nameless voice cries out. And so, from underground, emerge the passionate confessions of a suffering man; the painful self-examination of a tormented soul; the bristling scorn of a lonely individual who has become one of the greatest anti-heroes in all literature.

For the last 20 years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.

Volume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.

Н.В. Гоголь начал работу над своим главным трудом - "Мертвые души" в 1835 году. Ни над одним из своих произведений ранее писатель не работал так кропотливо и тщательно, так вдумчиво и напряженно.

This is the story of the unhappy family of Anna Karenina. The novel contains much concerning Tolstoy's spiritual crisis and his search for the meaning of life. But it is also chiefly about marriage, and the growth and death of love.

In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil’s prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life, was killed.

Александр Павлович Чудаков (1938-2005) - российский филолог, литературовед и писатель, муж академика Мариэтты Чудаковой. Его единственным крупным художественным произведением стал историко-философский роман Ложится мгла на старые ступени, отмеченный в 2011 году премией "Русский Букер" как лучшая книга десятилетия.

Here are 11 short stories and one novella by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery".

Студия АРДИС предлагает вашему вниманию эпохальный исторический роман Алексея Николаевича Толстого "Пётр Первый".

We (Russian: Мы, romanized: My) is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920–1921. The novel was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state. It is believed that the novel had a huge influence on the works of Orwell and Huxley, as well as on the emergence of the genre of dystopia.

Written over the course of Leskov's career, each story in The Enchanted Wanderer elucidates the very essence of the human condition; themes of love, despair, loneliness, and revenge are explored against the backdrop of 19th-century working-class Russia. Leskov deftly layers social satire and subtle criticism atop myth and fable, resulting in a richly entertaining collection.

"No es una novela, aún menos un poema y aún menos una crónica histórica": así presentaba Lev N. Tolstói su monumental Guerra y paz, que, publicada por entregas en la revista El Mensajero Ruso entre 1865 y 1867 y en forma de libro en 1869, no dejó de causar desconcierto en su tiempo y luego, hasta nuestros días, apasionados intentos de definición. El propio autor decía que los libros más relevantes de la literatura rusa −como Almas muertas de Gógol y Memorias de la casa muerta de Dostoievski− se resistían a encajar en ningún género literario "europeo".

Anna Karenina is beautiful, married to a successful man, and has a son whom she adores. But a chance meeting at a train station in Moscow sets her passionate heart alight, and she is defenceless in the face of Count Vronsky's adoration. Having defied the rules of nineteenth-century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price.

Step into the rich history and culture of Mother Russia with this classic collection by esteemed writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. With his penchant for gripping prose and powerful themes that unmasked the social struggles and intellectual clashes of his day, this audiobook collection brings his work to life for the contemporary listener.