18 Best classics books like Selected Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

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Selected Poetry

By: Alexander Pushkin

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A new collection of Pushkin's great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony Wood Pushkin…

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Cover of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by None, H.T. Willetts, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • literature
"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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2. First Love

By: Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev

3.77

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • 19th century
  • literature
"Jealous Othello, ready for murder, was suddenly transformed into a schoolboy."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to acknowledge to myself that I was not loved;"

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"I should not wish ever to have it repeated; but I should consider myself unhappy if I had never experienced it."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

"Aprovéchate todo lo que puedas, pero no te entregues tú mismo: el sentido de la vida es no pertenecer a nadie más que a si mismo."

-Constance Garnett, First Love

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3. Doctor Zhivago

By: Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward

4.01

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family … read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • literature
"Only the superfluous is sordid"

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"And the strong are dominated by the weak and the ignoble."

-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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4. Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"Melt Egypt into Nile!"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"...make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

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5. Averno

By: Louise Glück

4.18

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarde… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
"Is it possible to miss the opportunity of one's life?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

"What will you do, when it is your turn in the field with the god?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

"My memory is like a basement filled with old papers: nothing ever changes."

-Louise Glück, Averno

"If your soul died, whose life are you living, and when did you become that person?"

-Louise Glück, Averno

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6. A Thousand Mornings: Poems

By: Mary Oliver

4.21

Format: 82 pages, Hardcover

In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work,… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"they won't be false and they won't be true, but hey'll be real."

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"When a man says he hears angels singing, he hears angels singing."

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"When death is about to happen does the body grow heavier, or lighter?"

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

"From the poem: The First Time Percy Came Back Yes, it’s all different,"

-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

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7. Women, Race & Class

By: Angela Y. Davis

4.58

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the wom… read more

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"White women—feminists included—have revealed a historical reluctance to acknowledge the struggles of household workers. They have rarely been involved in the Sisyphean task of ameliorating the condit…"

-Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class

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8. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • 19th century
  • literature
"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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9. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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10. 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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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • 19th century
  • literature
"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

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11. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

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12. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

By: Nikolai Gogol , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When Pushkin first read some of the stories in this collection, he declared himself "amazed." "Here… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • 19th century
  • literature

13. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
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14. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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15. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
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16. Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3)

By: Tove Jansson , Elizabeth Portch

3.42

Format: None pages,

It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure Moomintroll and his friends Snuf… read more

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  • classics
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17. As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more

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  • literature
  • classics

18. Love Is a Dog from Hell

By: Charles Bukowski

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

Poems rising from and returning to Bukowski's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places,… read more

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19. The Complete Poetry

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Jay Parini

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works… read more

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20. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States

By: Founding Fathers

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution wa… read more

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21. Venus and Adonis

By: William Shakespeare , Christa Jansohn

3.28

Format: 404 pages,

Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal… read more

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22. The Gentle Spirit

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.89

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

In this compelling study of despair, based on a real-life incident, a pawnbroker mourns the loss of… read more

Similar categories in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gentle Spirit book and Alexander Pushkin's Selected Poetry

  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • 19th century
  • literature
"I'm a master of speaking silently—all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ac…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

"Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and…"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit

23. The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young … read more

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24. Five Plays: Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / The Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard

By: Anton Chekhov , Ronald Hingley

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle… read more

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25. Selected Poems

By: Emily Dickinson

3.85

Format: None pages,

Emily Dickinson was born into a prominent New England family. Sociable as a child, she grew increas… read more

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26. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)

By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more

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27. The Waste Land and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Few readers need any introduction to the work of the most influential poet of the twentieth century… read more

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28. The Carrying

By: Ada Limon

4.40

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Ada Limón comes The Carryi… read more

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  • poetry
"What if, instead of carrying a child, I am supposed to carry grief?"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"All I’ve been working on is napping, and maybe being kinder to others, to myself."

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"I know you don’t always understand, but let me point to the first wet drops landing on the stones, the noise like fingers drumming the skin. I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything s…"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"I saw a mom take her raincoat off and give it to her young daughter when a storm took over the afternoon. My god, I thought, my whole life I’ve been under her raincoat thinking it was somehow a marve…"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

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29. Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

By: Soraya Chemaly

4.35

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

A transformative book urging twenty-first century-women to embrace their anger and harness it as a … read more

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"Rage became a layer of my skin."

-Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

"Every woman has a rape story, whether she has been sexually assaulted or not."

-Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

"... if a man gets angry, he's having an off day, if a woman does, she's a raging bitch."

-Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

"I wanted to own my anger, because it brought me back to myself. It gave me clarity and purpose."

-Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

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30. What Is Existentialism?

By: Simone de Beauvoir

3.91

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and … read more

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  • classics
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31. Selected Poetry

By: Alexander Pushkin

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A new collection of Pushkin's great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony Wood Pushkin… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Pushkin's Selected Poetry book and Alexander Pushkin's Selected Poetry

  • poetry
  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
  • literature
  • 19th century

17 Top literature books like Selected Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

Transform Your Habits

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Transform Your Habits

First Love

Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

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14 must-read fiction books like Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, John Bayley, Manya Harari, Max Hayward

Transform Your Habits

Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

Transform Your Habits

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

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