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Russian AudioBooks
Akhmatova Reads Akhmatova | Selected
poems read by the author and Igor Dmitriev | 60 min. | $19.50 | Anna Akhmatova
Anya V Strane Chudes (Alice In Wonderland) | Vladimir Nabokov's first
substantial literary effort (1922). An Nabokov. intelligent translation
or literary re-creation. Complete Russian text (in old orthography). |
4 cassettes | $49.50 | Lewis Carroll, tr. V. Nabokov
Arap Petra Velikovo (The Negro Of Peter The Great) | A major episode from
Pushkin's true story of the African prince who was given as a gift to
Peter and grew up to become his confidant. | 60 min. | with Russian text.
| $19.50 | Pushkin
Asya | 4 tapes. | Intermediate/ Advanced level. | $49.50 | Turgenev
Byelye Nochi (White Nights) | One of Dostoevsky's early short novels and
few love stories. Read complete in 4 cassettes. Russian text w/notes.
| $49.50 | Dostoevsky
Capitanskaya Dochka (The Captain's Daughter) Chapters 1-12. | Often described
as the first important Russian novel, this fast paced historical narration
is set in the background of the 1774 rebellion against Catherine the Great
of the Don Cossack, Pougachof. 6 tapes with text, English vocabulary,
and notes. | $69.50 | Pushkin
Dama S Sobachkoy (The Lady With The Dog) | Short story | 60 min. | $19.50
| Chekhov
Shest Raskazov (Six Simple Stories) with facing notes and English vocabulary. $19.50 Chekhov
Dubrovsky | Relates the career of a nobleman who turns to brigandage after
he is ruined and turned out of his estate in a lawsuit. Panoramic view
of social life and the relationship of masters and serfs. | 4 tapes with
text, English vocabulary and notes. | $49.50 | Pushkin
Fables, Tales, Stories | These delightful short, mostly moral tales have
been a staple of Russian instruction for children for generations. Includes
the classic "Prisoner of the Caucasus" (Kavkaski Plennik) which relates
the capture and escape of a Russian officer held ransom by Tatar tribesmen
in the Caucasus Mountains in the early 19th century. | 2 tapes with text,
extensive notes and vocabulary in English. | Elementary/Intermediate |
$29.50 | Leo Tolstoi
Gorye ot Uma (Woe From Wit) | Remains today one of the most frequently
performed and quoted plays in Russia. This portrait of Moscow's early
19th century aristocratic milieu fine hones the theme of idealism brought
to grief in conflict with philistinism. The hero, Chatsky, loses his love
as he utters quotable tirades against the eternal status quo. Performed
by the Mali Theater, Moscow. | 7 tapes. | Advanced level. | $79.50 | A.
Griboyedov
Gospodin Iz San-Francisco (Gentleman From San-Francisco) | 60 min. | tape.
| $19.50 | I. Bunin
Malinkiy Geroi (Little Hero) | One of Dostoevsky's early short novels
and few love stories. | 3 tapes. | $39.50 Dostoevsky
Mumu | Published 9 years before the abolition of serfdom in 1861 the protagonist,
a deaf and dumb serf, Gerasim, is seen by many as a symbol of silent protest
and resiliency against a feudal system that rewards meekness and service
with abuse and humiliation. | One 90-minute tape with text, notes and
vocabulary in English. | $22.50 | Turgenev
Palata #6 (Psycho Ward #6) | Read by Igor Dmitriev. | 3 tapes. | $39.50
| Chekhov
Pervaya Lubov (First Love) | 5 tapes. | $59.50 | Turgenev
Pikovaya Dama (The Queen Of Spades) | 90 min. tape. | $24.50 | Pushkin
Povesti Belkina (Tales Of Belkin) | Five vignette portraits of Russian
life in the early 19th century. | 4 tapes with English vocabulary and
extensive notes. | $49.50 | Pushkin
Selected Poems | 60 min. | (no text) | $9.50 | M. Lermontov
Shinyel (The Overcoat) | is a bitter satire about the life and death of
a small government clerk, Akaki Akakivich, who loses the overcoat he has
sacrificed to buy. The anti-hero is an early prototype of the European
"small man" opressed and overwhelmed by crushing authority. 2 tapes. text
w/vocabulary. Intermediate level. | $29.50 | Gogol
Skverniy Anekdot (A Nasty Anecdote) | 55 min. | Read by Igor Dmitriev.
| $19.50 | Dostoevsky
Velikiy Inkvizitor (The Grand Inquisitor) | A chapter from Dostoevsky's
immortal masterpiece Brothers Karamazov. Read by Igor Dmitriev. | 2 tapes,
100 min. | $29.50 | Dostoevsky