Turn of the century to the 1920s, 1880 to 1929

10 books

Best Russian Short StoriesThomas Seltzer · 1917A 1917 anthology of short stories by Russian writers including Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Gorky, compiled and edited by Thomas Seltzer with an introduction discussing the character of Russian literature.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Master and ManLeo Tolstoy · 1895A short story by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, in which the greedy merchant Vasili Andreevich sets out with his laborer Nikita on a winter sledge journey to close a land deal, driving into deepening cold and snow.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Bet, and other storiesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov · 1915A 1915 English translation of short stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry. The title story follows a banker and a young lawyer whose rash wager about imprisonment leads the lawyer to fifteen years of solitary confinement.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Duel and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov · 1916A 1916 English collection of Anton Chekhov's short stories, translated by Constance Garnett. The title story follows Laevsky, a young Russian clerk in a Caucasian seaside town who has stopped loving the woman he lives with.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The forged coupon, and other storiesLeo Tolstoy · 1911A 1911 collection of short stories by Leo Tolstoy, including "The Forged Coupon," "After the Dance," and "Alyosha the Pot." The volume reflects the Russian author's moral and spiritual concerns across several shorter works of fiction.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoy · 1889A collection of four Leo Tolstoy stories translated from Russian by Benjamin Tucker, including The Kreutzer Sonata, a tale begun aboard a train where travelers debate love and marriage. Other stories portray Russian peasant life, morals, and social ideals.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Lady with the Dog and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov · 1917A 1917 English translation of short stories by Russian author Anton Chekhov, including the title story about a married man vacationing at Yalta who begins an affair with an unknown woman he sees walking with a small dog.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The schoolmistress, and other storiesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov · 1895An 1895 collection of short stories by Russian author Anton Chekhov, including the title story about a weary village schoolmistress, along with tales such as "The Bet," "Misery," and "A Nervous Breakdown," translated into English.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Wife, and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov · 1918A 1918 English translation of nine short stories by Russian author Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett. The title story follows a wealthy landowner drawn into aiding starving peasants during a famine while struggling with his estranged wife.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

What Men Live By, and Other TalesLeo Tolstoy · 1885A collection of short moral tales by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1885. The title story follows a poor shoemaker who takes in a mysterious naked stranger he finds freezing by a roadside shrine.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية