A Double Life
By: Karolina Pavlova
3.72
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life altern…
Want to Read $ 9.99"To you the offering of this thought, The greeting of my poetry, To you this work of solitude, O slaves of din and vanity. In silence did my sad sigh name You Cecily's unmet by me, All of you Psyches without wings, Mute sisters of my soul! God grant you, unknown family, One sacred dream mid sinful lies, In the prison of this narrow life Just one brief burst of that other life."-Karolina Pavlova, A Double Life
"To you the offering of this thought, The greeting of my poetry, To you this work of solitude, O slaves of din and vanity. In silence did my sad sigh name You Cecily's unmet by me, All of you Psyches without wings, Mute sisters of my soul! God grant you, unknown family, One sacred dream mid sinful lies, In the prison of this narrow life Just one brief burst of that other life."-Karolina Pavlova, A Double Life
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1. The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
By: Franz Kafka
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Translated by PEN translation award-winner Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Col… read more
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"Ako te to toliko mami, a ti pokušaj da odeš tamo. Ali upamti; ja sam moćan. A ja sam samo posljednji po činu."-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
2. The Overcoat
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.15
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more
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"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
3. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
4. Dead Souls
By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more
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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
5. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more
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6. At Swim-Two-Birds
By: Flann O'Brien , William H. Gass
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birdsis the story of a young, l… read more
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7. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
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8. The Double and The Gambler
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have given us the definitive v… read more
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9. Poor Folk
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.78
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more
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"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
10. Leucippe and Clitophon
By: Achilles Tatius
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risque of the five "Greek novels" o… read more
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11. The Eternal Husband
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Eternal Husband (Russian: Vechnyi muzh, Vechny muzh) is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoy… read more
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12. Daphnis and Chloe
By: Paul Turner , Longus
3.68
Format: 593 pages, Paperback
A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby b… read more
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13. Moscow to the End of the Line
By: Venedikt Erofeev , None
4.04
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and ho… read more
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"...in Petushki the jasmine never stops blooming and the birds always sing..."-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"В Сибири вообще никто не живет, одни только негры живут. Продуктов им туда не завозят, выпить им нечего, не говоря уж "поесть". Только один раз в год им привозят из Житомира вышитые полотенца - и нег…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"Ард түмэн үхрийн мах худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, гэтэл архи түүнээс нь хямдхан байдаг, чухам иймээс л, орос эрчүүд ядуурлаас болж архи ууцгааж байна! Ард түмэн ном худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, яагаа…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"I like the fact that my compatriots have such vacant and protruding eyes. They fill me with virtuous pride. You can imagine what eyes are like (in the capitalist world). ...such eyes look at you with…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
14. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
15. Invitation to a Beheading
By: Vladimir Nabokov
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a … read more
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16. Rudin
By: Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
RUDIN (1856) by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) tells the story of a character typical to Turg… read more
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17. A Hero of Our Time
By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more
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18. The Queen of Spades
By: Alexander Pushkin , None
2.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more
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19. Fair Play
By: Ali Smith , Tove Jansson , Thomas Teal
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2009 Bernard Shaw Prize for Translation Fair Playis the type of love story that is ra… read more
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20. Fasti
By: Ovid , Anthony J. Boyle , None
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Written after he had been banished to the Black Sea city of Tomis by Emperor Augustus, the Fasti is… read more
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21. Spring Torrents
By: Ivan Turgenev , None
3.86
Format: 536 pages, Paperback
Returning to Russia from a tour in Italy, twenty-three-year-old Dimitry Sanin breaks his journey in… read more
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22. The Boarding-School Girl
By: None , None
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This tale of a young woman's not-so-sentimental education is the story of fifteen-year-old Lolenka,… read more
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23. The House of the Dead
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more
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24. The Cherry Orchard
By: Anton Chekhov , Tom Murphy
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy … read more
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25. Eugene Onegin
By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more
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"He's happy now, he's almost sane."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
26. Growing Up Dead in Texas
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
It was a fire that could be seen for miles, a fire that split the community, a fire that turned fam… read more
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27. Six Tragedies
By: Seneca , Emily Wilson
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most… read more
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28. Boulder
By: Eva Baltasar
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more
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"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
29. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
30. A Double Life
By: Karolina Pavlova
3.72
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life altern… read more
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"To you the offering of this thought, The greeting of my poetry, To you this work of solitude, O slaves of din and vanity. In silence did my sad sigh name You Cecily's unmet by me, All of you Psyches …"-Karolina Pavlova, A Double Life
31. Antonina (European Classics)
By: Evgeniya Tur
3.61
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
Patterned on the novels of the Brontë sisters, Antonina is a poignant account of a young Russian wh… read more
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