Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book

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Twelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers.

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ISBN13: 9780486262444
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Item number (ASIN): 0486262448
Creator: Gleb Struve, Editor
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.730108
ISBN: 0486262448
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Package Dimensions: 100 x 530 x 840 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: February 1, 1990
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback

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- Dual Language Russion Book
This book was a gift for our son who is learning Russion. He was pleased with the classic selection of stories and the Russian and English translation on facing pages, which makes it very convenient to use. It was a successful gift!

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- Great little book
I just received this little book last week, and it already is helping my Russian significantly. It is really awesome how the English and Russian texts line up side-by-side. It is laid out very well and the typography is nice. I do wish that there were more word hints, and that they were easier to access, i.e. placed at the bottom of the page rather than in endnotes. Overall, the translations are good and I think this will be a great way for me to improve my Russian vocabulary as well as read some really great literature.

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- Great learning tool
The stories are fun to read and since the English is right next to the Russian, it makes reading even more enjoyable and easy.

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- Very useful for studies of advanced English
I am a native Russian speaker and as an advanced learner of English I found this book amazingly useful. It spurs your curiosity to first read the original Russian text and then see how Prof. Struve goes about translating the endless archaisms and idiosyncrasies of the 19-th century Russian. Kudos to Prof. Struve!

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- A fabulous language resource. Give me more books like this!
As a long time student of Russian, I have found it very difficult to lay hands on dual language books like this one. On the left page is the original Russian text, and on the right is a corresponding (and very well rendered) English translation. The true beauty of this volume, though, is that the modern translation provides a bridge to the literary style from the age of the masters like Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and my personal favorite, Gogol, among many others. An even dozen stories allow intermediate to advanced Russian speakers to deepen their familiarity with this particular subset of the language. I would love to have many more books like this one. Highly recommended.