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A searing indictment of the darkest side of decadent Russian culture in the twilight of the Tsars, by the last of the great pre-Soviet realist writers. Ahead of its time in the frank depiction of prostitution and exploitation of women, this gritty and dramatic novel ranks with the works of such eminent realists as Émile Zola in France, or George Gissing in England.

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Kuprin (1870-1938) was a Russian writer whose best known works include The Duel (1905) and The Garnet Bracelet (1911). During his time in the Cadet Corps he developed an interest in literature and began writing poetry and translating foreign verse. He then entered the Alexander Military Academy and in 1890 graduated ranked sublieutenant and was posted to the 46th Dnieper Infantry Regiment in Proskurov where he spent the next four years. After ...

A Slav Soul and Other Stories is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes th...

Excerpt from The River of Life: And Other StoriesAlexander kuprin was born in 1870. He attended the Cadet School and the Military College at Moscow, and entered the Russian Army as a lieutenant in 1890. Seven years later he resigned his commission to devote him self to literature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an imp...

Excerpt from A Slav Soul: And Other StoriesSO in a paragraph in one of his sketches Alexander Kuprin gives his feelings about his life and his work, and in that expression perhaps we see his characteristic attitude towards the world of which he writes. One of the strongest tales in this collection, 'tempting Providence, is very representative of Kuprin in this vem.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and c...

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Excerpt from The River of Life: And Other Stories Alexander kuprin was born in 1870. He attended the Cadet School and the Military College at Moscow, and entered the Russian Army as a lieutenant in 1890. Seven years later he resigned his commission to devote him self to literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction o...

About This BookHer mourth was almost pressed against his, and her words were like quick, hurried kisses: "You must absolutely go through with the duel tomorrow."This rediscovered gem by a major, yet neglected, writer - here presented in a dazzling new translation - is an absorbing account of the final days of Czarist Russia. An absorbing saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own soldiers. Stranded at a distant outpost, young Rom...

Excerpt from A Slav Soul: And Other Stories "Oh how incomprehensible for us, how mysterious, how strange are the very simplest happenings in life. And we, not understanding them, unable to penetrate their significance, heap one event upon another, plait them together, join them, make acquaintances and marriages, write books, say sermons, found ministries, carry on war or trade, make new inventions and then after all, create history! And yet e...

The Pit (Yama, ¿¿¿) is a novel by Alexander Kuprin published in installments between 1909 and 1915, in Zemlya almanacs (1909 - Vol.3, 1914 - Vol.15, 1915 - Vol.16). The book, centering on middle class brothel, owned by a shrewd woman named Anna Markovna, caused much controversy in its time.

This wonderful novella by Alexander Kuprin tells the story of the wrestler Arbuzov and his battle against a renowned American wrestler. Rich in detail and characterization, At the Circus brims with excitement and life. You can smell the sawdust in the big top, see the vivid and colorful characters, sense the tension build as Arbuzov readies to face off against the American. Yet not only is this a wonderful work of fiction by one of Russia...

The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle, " from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul, The Song and The Dance, Easter Day, The Idiot, The Picture, Hamlet, Mechanical Justice, The Last Word, Dogs' Happiness, A Clump of Lilacs, Anathema, Tempting Providence, Cain. Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian nove...

Stories contained in this volume:MolochOlesyaNight DutyThe White PoodleI Was An ActorThe GambrinusEmeraldThe Garnet Bracelet Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a writing career, and was a friend of Maxim Gorky. He won fame with The Duel (1905), a novel of protest against the Russian military system. In 1909, Yama: The Pit, his...