A Dog's Heart Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Antonina W. Bouis (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847495686 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-568-6 ISBN10: 1847495680 This Product Replaces: 9781847492289 x Description: When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state.A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Young Doctor's Notebook Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp h198mm x w128mm x s16mm Illustrations, facsims., ports. ISBN13: 9781847492869 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-286-9 ISBN10: 184749286X This Product Replaces: 9781847491770 x Description: Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection contains some of Bulgakov's most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Snow Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847493538 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-353-8 ISBN10: 184749353X x Description: After being saved from a suicide attempt by a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds himself propelled into Moscow's theatrical world. In a cut-throat environment tainted by
Soviet politics, censorship and egomania - epitomized by the arrogant and incompetent director Ivan Vasilyevich - absurdity gradually gives way to tragedy. Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow (also known as A Theatrical Novel) - here presented in a new translation - is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, showcasing his inimitable gift for shrewd observation and razor-sharp satire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Diaboliad Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Apr 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 120pp ISBN13: 9781847494726 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-472-6 ISBN10: 1847494722 This Product Replaces: 9781847491534 x Description: In Bulgakov's "Diaboliad", the modest and unassuming office clerk Korotkov is summarily sacked for a trifling error from his job at the First Central Depot for the Materials for Matches, and tries to seek out his newly assigned superior Kalsoner, responsible for his dismissal. His quest through the labyrinth of Soviet bureaucracy takes on the increasingly surreal dimensions of a nightmare. This early satirical story, reminiscent of Gogol and Dostoevsky, was first published in 1924 and incurred the wrath of pro-Soviet critics. Along with the three other stories in this volume which also feature explorations of the absurd and bizarre, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the artistic development of the author of "Master and Margarita". _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 Nov 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp ISBN13: 9781847493873 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-387-3 ISBN10: 1847493874 x Description: Written between 1920 and 1921 while Bugakov was working in a hospital in the remote Caucasian outpost of Vladikavkaz, Notes on a Cuff is a series of journalistic sketches which show the young doctor trying to embark on a literary career among the chaos of war, disease, politics and bureaucracy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fatal Eggs Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Jul 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 160pp ISBN13: 9781847493712 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-371-2 ISBN10: 1847493718 x
Description: Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The White Guard Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496201 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-620-1 ISBN10: 1847496202 x Description: Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918-19, The White Guard, Bulgakov's first full-length novel, tells the story of a Russian-speaking family trapped in circumstances that threaten to destroy them. As in Tolstoy's War and Peace, the narrative centres on the stark contrast between the cosy domesticity of family life on the one hand, and wide-ranging and destructive historical events on the other.The result is a disturbing, often shocking story, illuminated, however, by shafts of light that testify to people's resilience, humanity and ability to love in even the most adverse circumstances. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Village Ivan Bunin (Author) Galya Aplin (Translated by) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Nov 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 200pp ISBN13: 9781847492838 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-283-8 ISBN10: 1847492835 This Product Replaces: 9781847491046 x Description: Ivan Bunin's first published work, The Village is a bleak and uncompromising portrayal of rural life in south-west Russia. Set at the time of the 1905 Revolution and centering on episodes in the lives of two peasant brothers - "characters sunk so far below the average of intelligence as to be scarcely human" - it reveals the pettiness, violence and ignorance of life on the land. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Twilight Anton Chekhov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Oct 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h196mm x w127mm x s20mm 204g ISBN13: 9781847493835 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-383-5 ISBN10: 1847493831 x
Description: In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful Antosha Chekhonte, author of slight comic sketches, to the mature master of the short-story genre. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death of a Civil Servant Anton Chekhov (Author) Series:
Quirky Classics
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Hardback (stationery) 128pp h150mm x w110mm 98g ISBN13: 9781847496867 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-686-7 ISBN10: 1847496865 EAN: 9781847496867 This Product Replaces: 9781847492043 x Description: In `The Death of a Civil Servant', an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this volume, `A Calculated Marriage', `The Culprit', `The Exclamation Mark', `The Speech-Maker', `Who Is to Blame?' and `A Defenceless Creature' are in the same absurdly comical vein. This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Kiss and Other Stories Anton Chekhov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp ISBN13: 9781847494191 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-419-1 ISBN10: 1847494196 x Description: While at a party organized by the local landowner for the officers of his brigade, the shy and awkward Ryabovich is suddenly kissed by an unknown woman in a dark room. This unexpected, electrifying encounter, which he relives in his mind day after day, marks a turning point for Ryabovich, showing him that everything in life - joy, sorrow, hope - is equally pointless and subject to chance.One of Chekhov's most admired stories, 'The Kiss' is joined in this volume by six other celebrated tales in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin: 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'Ward Six', 'The Black Monk', 'The House with a Mezzanine', 'The Bishop' and 'Peasants' - making this an indispensable collection for those wanting to discover Chekhov at his creative best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Plays: The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
Evergreens
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496683 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-668-3 ISBN10: 1847496687 EAN: 9781847496683 x Description: The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are Chekhov's four most celebrated plays - The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard - in a brand-new translation by Hugh Aplin. In these personal stories of unfulfilled love, failed ambition and existential ennui, set against a background of unsettling social and economical change, the reader can appreciate the groundbreaking qualities of Chekhov's theatrical genius. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Story of a Nobody Anton Chekhov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Books Ltd
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
19 Jul 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp ISBN13: 9781846882784 ISBN13: 978-1-84688-278-4 ISBN10: 1846882788 This Product Replaces: 9781847492784 x Description: A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task - an ailing, world-weary "nobody" - seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impending death, gradually becomes disillusioned with his mission, and decides to embark on a new path which will lead him to tragedy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders Jonathan Swift (Author) Series:
Quirky Classics
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Hardback (stationery) 128pp h150mm x w110mm 97g ISBN13: 9781847496874 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-687-4 ISBN10: 1847496873 EAN: 9781847496874 This Product Replaces: 9781847491329 x Description: A glorious exercise in cheeky punmanship, The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders sees Jonathan Swift in fine scatological form. Flying by the seat of his pants, the great author treats us to a condensed biography of his posterior, enlivened by some inspired wordplay.
Most famous for his celebrated masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, Swift was the foremost satirist of his day. Also including a selection of Swift's other lesser-known works, and a very peculiar proposal to make money from public toilets, this volume will be a hilarious and illuminating read for any fans of Ireland's most illustrious wit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Notes from Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Kyril Zinovieff (Translated by) Jenny Hughes (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 160pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847493743 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-374-3 ISBN10: 1847493742 This Product Replaces: 9781847491619 x Description: The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact revenge on an officer who has shown him disrespect and a dramatic encounter with a prostitute. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Poor People Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Nov 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 300pp ISBN13: 9781847493125 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-312-5 ISBN10: 1847493122 x Description: Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying-clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love is taken away from him. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Crocodile Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Hardback (stationery) 128pp h150mm x w110mm 98g ISBN13: 9781847496812 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-681-2 ISBN10: 1847496814 EAN: 9781847496812 This Product Replaces: 9781847492036 x Description: The civil servant Ivan Matveich and his wife Yelena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition - in a shopping arcade - of a crocodile owned by a German, when Ivan is suddenly swallowed alive by the animal. Unsuccessful in his attempts to be freed from his prison, due to the
German's concern for his crocodile and excessive desire for compensation, the civil servant gradually comes to appreciate his new environment, while his wife begins to enjoy her new-found freedom. Inspired by Gogol's surreal tales, Dostoevsky's hilarious story has been interpreted by some as a vitriolic piece of social criticism and a veiled attack on the revolutionary philosopher Nikolai Chernyshevsky. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496034 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-603-4 ISBN10: 1847496032 x Description: Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident and socially successful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly persecuted, Golyadkin finds his social, romantic and professional life unravelling, in a spiral that leads to a catastrophic denouement. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Gambler Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Oct 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp ISBN13: 9781847493828 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-382-8 ISBN10: 1847493823 This Product Replaces: 9781847492067 x Description: Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves. With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers and figures from European high society, this darkly comic novel of greed and self-destruction reveals Dostoevsky at his satirical and psychological best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winter Notes on Summer Impressions Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Kyril FitzLyon (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496188 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-618-8 ISBN10: 1847496180 x Description: In June 1862, Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see firsthand the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. Over the course of
his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan, and Vienna. His impressions on what he saw, "Winter Notes on Summer Impressions", were first published in the February 1863 issue of Vremya (Time), the periodical he edited. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pushkin Hills Sergei Dovlatov (Author) Katherine Dovlatov (Illustrated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847492210 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-221-0 ISBN10: 1847492215 x Description: An unpublished writer and a chronic alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov is short of cash, at odds with the government and divorced from his wife Tatyana, who intends to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha. The prospect of a summer job as a tourist guide at the Pushkin Hills preserve offers him hope of bringing back some balance into his existence, but during his stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, Alikhanov's life continues to unravel and all his problems come to a head. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Suitcase Sergei Dovlatov (Author) Antonina W. Bouis (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 250pp ISBN13: 9781847492791 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-279-1 ISBN10: 1847492797 This Product Replaces: 9781847491787 x Description: Several years after emigrating from the USSR, the author discovers the battered suitcase he had brought with him gathering dust at the back of a wardrobe. As he opens the suitcase, the seemingly undistinguished items he finds inside take on a riotously funny life of their own as Dovlatov inventories the circumstances under which he acquired them. A poplin shirt evokes the bittersweet story of courtship and marriage, a pair of boots calls up the hilarious conclusion to an official banquet, two pea-green crepe socks bring back memories of his partly successful attempt to become a black-market racketeer, while a double-breasted suit reminds him of when he was approached by the KGB to spy on a Swedish writer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Zone Sergei Dovlatov (Author) Anne Frydman (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Revised ed.
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
24 Oct 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback ISBN13: 9781847493576 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-357-6 ISBN10: 1847493572 x Description: Based on Dovlatov's actual experience of being a prison guard in Soviet Russia in the 1960s, and full of comic and humane detail, The Zone depicts the absurd day-to- day life of a camp in an insightful and unusual way, challenging commonly held perceptions of the relations between incarcerators and the incarcerated. A priceless chronicle of its time which highlights universal themes, Dovlatov's genre-defying novel also provides moments of high entertainment and humour, rendered in his characteristically sharp, concise and sardonic style. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Petersburg Tales Nikolai Gogol (Author) Dora O'Brien (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Mar 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h193mm x w127mm x s18mm 181g illustrations ISBN13: 9781847493491 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-349-1 ISBN10: 1847493491 x Description: Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant facade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor ('The Nose'), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success ('Nevsky Prospect') and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat ('The Overcoat'). Also including the 'Diary of Madman', this new translation of Petersburg Tales paint a critical yet hilarious portrait of a city riddled with pomposity and self-importance, masterfully juxtaposing nineteenth-century realism with madcap surrealism, and combining absurdist farce with biting satire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Hero of Our Time Mikhail Lermontov (Author) Neil Cornwell (Translated by) Martin Parker (Translated by) Series:
Evergreens
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 236pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847495761 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-576-1 ISBN10: 1847495761 This Product Replaces: 9781847491213 x Description: On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran soldier and storyteller Maxim Maximych, who relates to him the dubious exploits of his former comrade Pechorin. Engaging in various acts of duelling, contraband, abduction and seduction, Pechorin, an archetypal Byronic anti-hero, combines cynicism and arrogance with melancholy andsensitivity.Causing an uproar in Russia when it was first published in 1840, Lermontov's brilliant, seminal study of contemporary society and the nihilistic aspect of Romanticism - accompanied here by the unfinished novel Princess Ligovskaya - remains compelling to this day. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Belkin's Stories: And, a History of Goryaukhino Village Alexander Pushkin (Author) Roger Clarke (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 May 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 200pp h196mm x w127mm x s15mm 181g ISBN13: 9781847493514 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-351-4 ISBN10: 1847493513 x Description: First published in 1831, Belkin's Stories was the first completed work of fiction by the founding father of Russian literature. Through a series of interlinked stories purporting to have been told by various narrators to the recently deceased country squire Ivan Belkin, Pushkin offers his own variation on themes and genres that were popular in his day and provides a vivid portrayal of the Russian people. From the story of revenge
served cold in 'The Shot' to the havoc wreaked by a blizzard on the life of two young lovers, from the bittersweet tones of 'The Station Master' to the supernatural atmosphere of 'The Undertaker', this collection - presented here in a brand-new translation by Roger Clarke - sparkles with humour and is a testament to the brilliance and versatility of Pushkin's mind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies Alexander Pushkin (Author) Roger Clarke (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w128mm 362g b/w ISBN13: 9781847496911 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-691-1 ISBN10: 1847496911 EAN: 9781847496911 This Product Replaces: 9781847491473 x Description: A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkin's daring masterwork is presented here in its rarely published uncensored version of 1825. Set in Vienna, Flanders, Madrid and London, Pushkin's celebrated Little Tragedies - Mozart and Salieri, The Mean-Spirited Knight, The Stone Guest and A Feast during the Plague - each focus on a protagonist's driving obsession - with status, money, sex or risk-taking - and its devastating consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love Poems Alexander Pushkin (Author) Roger Clarke (Volume editor) Roger Clarke (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w128mm 243g ISBN13: 9781847496898 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-689-8 ISBN10: 184749689X EAN: 9781847496898 This Product Replaces: 9781847493002 x Description: One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he perfected like few others before or after him. This volume contains a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as `I Loved You', `Night' and `I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruslan and Lyudmila Alexander Pushkin (Author) Roger Clarke (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Aug 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847492968 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-296-8 ISBN10: 1847492967 This Product Replaces: 9781847491305 x Description: In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters along the way. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We Yevgeny Zamyatin (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
Evergreens
Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
23 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496768 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-676-8 ISBN10: 1847496768 EAN: 9781847496768 x Description: We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the allpowerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance encounter with a woman threatens to shatter the very foundations of the world he lives in. Written in a highly charged, direct and concise style, Zamyatin's 1921 seminal novel - here presented in Hugh Aplin's crisp translation - is not only an indictment of the Soviet Russia of his time and a precursor of the works of Orwell and the dystopian genre, but also a prefiguration of much of twentieth-century history and a harbinger of the ominous future that may still lay ahead of us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth Leo Tolstoy (Author) Dora O'Brien (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
24 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm x s25mm 454g ISBN13: 9781847496003 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-600-3 ISBN10: 1847496008
x Description: This trilogy of short novels, taken as a whole, recounts the young narrator's early life up to his university days, each episode told through the perceptions, points of view and emotions felt by the protagonist at the time. Based on Tolstoy's own life and experiences, this fictionalized account of a young man growing into the world combines anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation, as the author's Stendhalian take on the confessional genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination.Tolstoy's first published work, which launched him on a successful writing career, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth - besides offering an early display of his storytelling and stylistic abilities - provides the reader with invaluable insight into the personal and literary development of one of the greatest writers of all time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hadji Murat Leo Tolstoy (Author) Kyril Zinovieff (Translated by) Jenny Hughes (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp ISBN13: 9781847494818 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-481-8 ISBN10: 1847494811 This Product Replaces: 9781847491794 x Description: Tolstoy knew as he was writing Hadji Murat, his last work of fiction, that it would not be published in his lifetime, and so gave an uncompromising portrayal of the Russians' faults and the nature of the rebels' struggle. In the process, he shows a mastery of style and an understanding of Chechnya that still carries great resonance today. Hadji Murat, one of the most feared and venerated mountain chiefs in the Chechen struggle against the Russians, defects from the Muslim rebels after feuding with his ruling Imam, Shamil. Hoping to protect his family, he joins the Russians, who accept him but never put their trust in him - and so Murat must find another way to end the struggle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Dec 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h196mm x w127mm x s15mm 181g ISBN13: 9781847493637 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-363-7 ISBN10: 1847493637 This Product Replaces: 9781847491916 x Description: The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realizing to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone. Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Apr 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp ISBN13: 9781847494115 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-411-5 ISBN10: 1847494110 x Description: On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one of love and passion to jealousy and resentfulness, culminating in a mad act of desperation while she practised Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata with her violin teacher. An uncompromising examination of lust, suspicion and infidelity which was once forbidden by censors in Russia and banned in the US due to its shocking content, Tolstoy's controversial novella - here presented in a new translation, along with 'The Prisoner of the Caucasus', 'Master and Man' and 'After the Ball' - is now considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late period. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three Novellas Leo Tolstoy (Author) April Fitzlyon (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Language: English Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w128mm 246g b/w ISBN13: 9781847494795 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-479-5 ISBN10: 184749479X EAN: 9781847494795 This Product Replaces: 9781847491251 x Description: One of Tolstoy's last published works of fiction, The Devil revolves around the young landowner Yevgeny's irrepressible lust for Stepanida, a sensual peasant woman. Even when he gets married to a respectable upper-class lady, he finds himself unable to put an end to his encounters with Stepanida, and becomes increasingly consumed by guilt and helplessness in the face of his urges. In some ways comparable to the controversial Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil shows Tolstoy at his most salacious, and addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience. Also included in this volume is Family Happiness, one of Tolstoy's earliest works, an entertaining and cynical account of marriage from the perspective of a disillusioned wife, and A Landowner's Morning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Nest of the Gentry Ivan Turgenev (Author) Michael Pursglove (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847495907 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-590-7 ISBN10: 1847495907
x Description: Coming back to the "nest" of his family home in Russia after years of fruitless endeavours away from his roots, Lavretsky decides to turn his back on the vacuous salons of Paris and his frivolous and unfaithful wife Varvara Pavlovna. On his return he meets Liza, the daughter of one of his cousins, whom he had known when they were children and who rekindles in him long-smothered feelings of love. News of Varvara's death arrive from France, offering Lavretsky the prospect of a new life, but a cruel twist threatens to shatter his dreams and forces him to re-evaluate his plans.Hailed as a masterpiece of Russian literature, A Nest of the Gentry - Turgenev's most successful and widely read novel, here presented in a new translation by Michael Pursglove - deals with the personal struggles of the individual in a period of turbulent social change. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fathers and Children Ivan Turgenev (Author) Michael Pursglove (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Aug 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp ISBN13: 9781847494894 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-489-4 ISBN10: 1847494897 This Product Replaces: 9781847491459 x Description: "Fathers and Children", arguably the first modern novel in the history of Russian literature, shocked readers when it was first published in 1862 - the controversial character of Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist intent on rejecting all existing traditional values and institutions, providing a trenchant critique of the established order. Turgenev's masterpiece investigates the growing nihilist movement of mid-nineteenth-century Russia - a theme which was to influence Dostoevsky and many other European writers - in a universal, and often hilarious, story of generational conflict, and the clash between the old and the new. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Faust Ivan Turgenev (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp h198mm x w128mm x s13mm 136g black & white illustrations, black & white halftones ISBN13: 9781847492180 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-218-0 ISBN10: 1847492185 x Description: In a series of nine letters, the narrator tells his friend how he introduced Vera Nikolayevna, a married woman who had been forbidden as a child to read fiction and poetry, to the intellectual pleasures of Goethe's masterpiece. Opening up in front of Vera's eyes is not only the realm of imagination, but also a world of unbridled feelings and tempestuous passions, which can only shatter the comfort and safety of her existence and force her to set off on a journey of spiritual awakening. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On the Eve Ivan Turgenev (Author) Michael Pursglove (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496324 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-632-4 ISBN10: 1847496326 x Description: On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution and idealism.A highly controversial work upon its original publication, Ivan Turgenev's On the Eve is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Russian literature and an essential document of the upheaval that dominated Russian society in the years prior to the Crimean War. Turgenev's restrained, nuanced prose is rendered beautifully in Michael Pursglove's new translation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rudin Ivan Turgenev (Author) Dora O'Brien (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
21 Jun 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 179pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847492265 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-226-5 ISBN10: 1847492266 x Description: Dmitry Rudin, a high-minded gentleman of reduced means, arrives at the estate of Darya Mikhailovna, where his intelligence, eloquence and conviction immediately make a powerful impression. As he stays on longer than intended, Rudin exerts a strong influence on the younger generation, and gradually Darya's daughter, Natalya, falls in love with him. But circumstances soon show whether Rudin has the courage to act on his beliefs, and whether he can live up to the image he has created for himself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Smoke Ivan Turgenev (Author) Michael Pursglove (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jul 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp ISBN13: 9781847493163 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-316-3 ISBN10: 1847493165 x Description: On his way back to Russia after some years spent in the West, Grigory Mikhailovich Litvinov, the son of a retired official of merchant stock, stops over in Baden-Baden to meet his fiancee Tatyana. However, a chance encounter with his old flame, the manipulative Irina - now married to a general and a prominent figure in aristocratic expatriate circles - unearths feelings buried deep inside the young man's heart, derailing his plans for the future and throwing his life into turmoil. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Virgin Soil Ivan Turgenev (Author) Michael Pursglove (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Feb 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847493750 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-375-0 ISBN10: 1847493750 x Description: Turgenev's final novel, Virgin Soil traces the destinies of several middle-class revolutionaries who seek to "go to the people" by working on the land and instilling democratic ideas in the countryside's locals. They include the daydreaming impoverished young tutor Nezhdanov - employed by the liberal councillor Sipyagin and his vain and beautiful wife Valentina - the naive young radical Maryanna and the progressive factory manager Solomin. Their liaisons, intrigues and conspiracies, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, form the matter of Turgenev's most ambitious and elaborate work, which cemented the author's place in the West as Russia's foremost novelist while at the same time proving controversial at home culminating in the arrest of fifty-two real-life revolutionaries barely a month after it was published. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Diaries and Selected Letters Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496058 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-605-8 ISBN10: 1847496059 x Description: The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him.This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp ISBN13: 9781847492425 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-242-5 ISBN10: 1847492428 This Product Replaces: 9781847490148 x Description: Russia's literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman - a professor of black magic - arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of a
disbelieving capital. But the Devil's mission quickly becomes entangled with the fate of the Master - a man who has turned his back on his former life and taken refuge in a lunatic asylum - and his past lover, Margarita. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dark Avenues Ivan Bunin (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Nov 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 350pp h196mm x w127mm x s28mm 272g ISBN13: 9781847494740 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-474-0 ISBN10: 1847494749 This Product Replaces: 9781847490476 x Description: Considered one of the most influential authors of twentieth century Russian Literature, Ivan Bunin's "Dark Avenues" is the culmination of a life's work which unrelentingly questioned of the political doxa whilst taking his poetic mastery of language to dark new heights. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told with a rich, elegaic poetics which probes the artistic limits of depicting desire.A prolific writer and fierce political activist, Bunin became the first Russian to win the Nobel prize for Literature in 1933 and was highly influential on his contemporary Russian emigres, Checkov and Nabokov. The "Dark Avenues" is the zenith of his work and one of the most important Russian texts to come out of the twentieth century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sakhalin Island Anton Chekhov (Author) Brian Reeve (Translated by) Series:
Oneworld Classics
Edition:
Annotated edition
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
17 Jan 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 480pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847492913 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-291-3 ISBN10: 1847492916 This Product Replaces: 9781847492074 x Description: In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impressions of his trip through Siberia, and the account of his three-month sojourn on Sakhalin Island, together with author's notes, extracts from Chekhov's letters to relatives and associates, and photographs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Devils Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
22 Jun 2017
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Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496416 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-641-6 ISBN10: 1847496415 x Description: As ideological ferment grips Russia, a small group of revolutionaries, led by Pyotr Verkhovensky and inspired by Nikolai Stavrogin, plan to spread destruction and anarchy throughout the country. Morally bankrupt, they are prepared to use whatever means necessary to achieve their goal,
including murder and incitement to suicide. But when they are forced to test the limits of their doctrine and kill one of their own to secure the secrecy of their mission, the ragtag group breaks up in mutual recrimination.Devils is at once a compelling political statement and a study of atheism and its calamitous effect on a country that is teetering on the edge of an abyss. Seen as Dostoevsky's most powerful indictment of man's propensity to violence, this darkly humorous work, shot through with grotesque comedy, is presented here in Roger Cockrell's masterful new translation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Humiliated and Insulted Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author) Ignat Avsey (Translated by) Series:
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Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Jul 2012
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Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 450pp ISBN13: 9781847492692 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-269-2 ISBN10: 184749269X This Product Replaces: 9781847490452 x Description: Oscar Wilde claimed that Humiliated and Insulted is not "at all inferior to the other great masterpieces" and Friedrich Nietzsche is said to have wept over it. Its construction is that of an intricate detective novel, and the reader is plunged into a world of moral degradation, childhood trauma and, above all, unrequited love and irreconcilable relationships. At the centre of the story are a young struggling author, an orphaned teenager and a depraved aristocrat, who not only foreshadows the great figures of evil in Dostoevsky's later fiction, but is a powerful literary presence in his own right. This new translation catches the verve and tumult of the original, which - in concept and execution - affords a refreshingly unfamiliar glimpse of the author. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Adolescent Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Dora O'Brien (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 528pp ISBN13: 9781847494993 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-499-3 ISBN10: 1847494994 x Description: Among Dostoevsky's later novels, The Adolescent occupies a very special place: published three years after The Devils and five years before his final masterpiece, The Karamazov Brothers, the novel charts the story of nineteen-year-old Arkady - the illigitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the maid Sofia Andreyevna - as he struggles to find his place in society and "become a Rothschild" against the background of 1870s Russia, a nation still tethered to its old systems and values but shaken up by the new ideological currents of socialism and nihilism. Both a Bildungsroman and a novel of ideas, dealing with themes such as the relationship between fathers and sons and the role of money in modern society, The Adolescent - here presented in a brand-new translation by Dora O'Brien - shows Dostoevsky at his finest as a social commentator and observer of the workings of a young man's mind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author) Ignat Avsey (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Apr 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 704pp illustrations ISBN13: 9781847493439 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-343-9 ISBN10: 1847493432 x Description: After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, vanity and love. Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for his openness and understanding, Prince Myshkin finds himself entangled with two women in a position he cannot bring himself to resolve. Dostoevsky, who wrote that in the character of Prince Myshkin he hoped to portray a "wholly virtuous man", shows the workings of the human mind and our relationships with others in all their complex and contradictory nature. Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters, from the beautiful, self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna to the dangerously obsessed Rogozhin and the radical student Ippolit, The Idiot is one of Dostoevsky's most personal and intense works of fiction presented here in a new translation. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dead Souls Donald Rayfield (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
25 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847496287 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-628-7 ISBN10: 1847496288 x Description: A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not clear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone in the town.A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered since its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of nineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian society is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oblomov Ivan Goncharov (Author) Stephen Pearl (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
20 Apr 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 540pp h129mm x w198mm x s38mm ISBN13: 9781847493446 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-344-6 ISBN10: 1847493440 x Description: New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece. First published in 1859, Oblomov is an indisputable classic of Russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as Gogol's Dead Souls, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. The book centres on the figure of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, a member of the dying class of the landed gentry, who spends most of his time lying in bed gazing at life in an apathetic daze, encouraged by his equally lazy servant Zakhar and routinely swindled by his acquaintances. But this torpid existence comes to an end when, spurred on by his crumbling finances, the love of a woman and the reproaches of his friend, the hard-working Stoltz, Oblomov finds that he must engage with the real world and face up to his commitments. Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and
social satire, Oblomov - here presented in Stephen Pearl's award-winning translation, the first major English-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idleness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Same Old Story Ivan Goncharov (Author) Stephen Pearl (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Oct 2015
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp ISBN13: 9781847495624 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-562-4 ISBN10: 1847495621 x Description: Filled with dreams of pursuing a career as a poet, the young Alexander Aduev moves from the country to St Petersburg, where he takes up lodgings next to his uncle Pyotr, a shrewd and world-weary businessman. As his ideals are challenged by disappointment in the fields of love, friendship and poetical ambition, Alexander must decide whether to return to the homely values he has left behind or adapt to the ruthless rules and morals of city life. Told in the author's trademark humorous style and presented in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, The Same Old Story - Goncharov's first novel, preceding his masterpiece Oblomov by twelve years - is a study of lost illusions and rude spiritual awakening in the modern world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mother Maxim Gorky (Author) Hugh Aplin (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Nov 2015
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp ISBN13: 9781847495648 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-564-8 ISBN10: 1847495648 x Description: Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova - the "mother" of the title - and her son Pavel, Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation. "A book of the utmost importance", in the words of Lenin, and a landmark in Russian literature, The Mother - here presented in a brilliant new version by Hugh Aplin, the first English translation in almost a century - will enchant modern readers both for its historical significance and its intrinsic value as a work of art. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leonardo da Vinci: God's Resurgent Dmitry Merezhkovsky (Author) Ignat Avsey (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 Apr 2014
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 300pp h196mm x w130mm x s41mm 544g ISBN13: 9781847493064 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-306-4 ISBN10: 1847493068 x Description: This evocative account of the life of the Renaissance's greatest figure traces Leonardo's early development as an artist and court figure to his final years in exile, portraying his loves and sufferings, as well as his intellectual curiosity and tireless loyalty to his ideals. But it is the background to his famous painting La Gioconda and his relationship with the mysterious Florentine woman who modelled for it that are at the heart of the novel here presented in a new translation - and will make for an engrossing and unforgettable read.
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Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin (Author) Roger Clarke (Translated by) Series:
Alma Classics Evergreens Edition:
Dual language ed
Imprint:
Alma Classics
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
15 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 424pp ISBN13: 9781847494177 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-417-7 ISBN10: 184749417X This Product Replaces: 9781847491602 x Description: When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana and cynically courting her sister Olga - Lensky's fiancee - Onegin finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Captain's Daughter and a History of Pugachov Alexander Pushkin (Author) Paul Debreczeny (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Oneworld Classics Ltd
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Apr 2012
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 358pp h198mm x w128mm ISBN13: 9781847492159 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-215-9 ISBN10: 1847492150 x Description: The inexperienced and impetuous young nobleman Pyotr Grinyev is sent on military service in a remote fortress, where he falls in love with Masha, Captain Mironov's daughter - but then the ruthless Cossack Pugachev lays siege to the stronghold, setting in motion a tragic train of events. This volume also contains another work by Pushkin on the same theme, The History of the Pugachev Rebellion, which presents an impartial, meticulously researched history of the revolt, and was condemned as being subversive on its publication. Together, these two works provide a fascinating insight into the character of the peasant who tried to overthrow an empress, written with the clarity and insight of Russia's greatest poet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories Alexander Pushkin (Author) Paul Debreczeny (Translated by) Series:
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15 May 2015
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp ISBN13: 9781847494788 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-478-8 ISBN10: 1847494781 This Product Replaces: 9781847491817
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A Calendar of Wisdom Leo Tolstoy (Author) Roger Cockrell (Translated by) Series:
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15 Oct 2015
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp ISBN13: 9781847495631 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-563-1 ISBN10: 184749563X x Description: Over the last fifteen years of his life, Tolstoy collected and published the maxims of some of the world's greatest masters of philosophy, religion and literature, adding his own contributions to various questions that preoccupied him in old age, such as faith and existence, as well as matters of everyday life. Banned in Russia under Communism, A Calendar of Wisdom was Tolstoy's last major work, and one of his most popular both during and after his lifetime. This new translation by Roger Cockrell will offer today's generation of readers the chance to discover, day by day, these edifying and carefully selected pearls of wisdom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy (Author) Kyril Zinovieff (Translated by) Jenny Hughes (Translated by) Series:
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16 Jul 2014
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Translated From: Russian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 912pp ISBN13: 9781847493682 ISBN13: 978-1-84749-368-2 ISBN10: 1847493688 x Description: Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, "moral" life, standing for honesty and sincerity. Passion drives her to adultery, and this flies in the face of the corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. Meanwhile, the aristocrat Konstantin Levin is struggling to reconcile reason with passion, espousing a Christian anarchism that Tolstoy himself believed in. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________