About love and other stories
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
This is a collection of Chekhov's most lyrical stories in a new translation of great skill and originality, published in 2004 to coincide with the centenary of Chekhov's death.
Rosamund Bartlett Libri
Rosamund Bartlett è una storica della cultura con una profonda esperienza nella letteratura, musica e arte russa. Il suo lavoro esplora in particolare il Modernismo europeo, l'opera e le intricate connessioni tra politica, storia e arti. Bartlett offre una comprensione sfumata dell'interazione di queste forze culturali. Attraverso le sue biografie e traduzioni, offre ai lettori profonde intuizioni sul ricco arazzo della cultura russa.
From the streets of Bulgakov's Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide to one of the greatest traditions of literature. Rosamund Bartlett and Anna Benn take us from the museums to the sites most central to the canon of Russian letters. A book to be read at home as much as by travelers, Literary Russia sketches an extraordinary portrait of Russia that unfolds in vivid detail.
Oxford World's Classics: Anna Karenina
A New Translation by Rosamund Bartlett, English Edition
- 896pagine
- 32 ore di lettura
One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful.
