| Russian Books | |||
| Akhmatova Reads Akhmatova | Anna Akhmatova | $19.50 | |
| Selected poems read by the author and Igor Dmitriev. 60 min. | |||
| Anya V Strane Chudes | Lewis Carroll, tr. V. Nabokov. | $49.50 | |
| (Alice In Wonderland) Vladimir Nabokov's first substantial literary effort (1922). An intelligent translation or literary re-creation. Complete Russian text (in old orthography). 4 cassettes | |||
| Arap Petra Velikovo | Pushkin | $19.50 | |
| (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. | |||
| Asya | Turgenev | $49.50 | |
| 4 tapes. Intermediate/ Advanced level. | |||
| Byeliye Nochi | Dostoevsky | $49.50 | |
| (White Nights) One of Dostoevsky's early short novels and few love stories. Read complete in 4 cassettes. Russian text w/notes. | |||
| Capitanskaya Dochka | Pushkin | $69.50 | |
| (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. | |||
| Dama S Sobachkoy | Chekhov | $19.50 | |
| (The Lady With The Dog) Short story. 60 min. | |||
| Dubrovsky | Pushkin | $49.50 | |
| 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. | |||
| Fables, Tales, Stories | Leo Tolstoi | $29.50 | |
| 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 level. | |||
| Gorye ot Uma | A. Griboyedov | $79.50 | |
| (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. | |||
| Gospodin Iz San-Francisco | I. Bunin | $19.50 | |
| (Gentleman From San-Francisco) 60 min. tape. | |||
| Malinkiy Geroi | Dostoevsky | $39.50 | |
| (Little Hero) One of Dostoevsky's early short novels and few love stories. 3 tapes. | |||
| Mumu | Turgenev | $22.50 | |
| 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. 1 90 minute tape with text, notes and vocabulary in English. | |||
| Palata #6 | Chekhov | $39.50 | |
| (Psycho Ward #6) Read by Igor Dmitriev. 3 tapes. | |||
| Pervaya Lubov | Turgenev | $59.50 | |
| (First Love) 5 tapes. | |||
| Pikovaya Dama | Pushkin | $24.50 | |
| (The Queen Of Spades) 90 min. tape. | |||
| Povesti Belkina | Pushkin | $49.50 | |
| (Tales Of Belkin) five vignette portraits of Russian life in the early 19th century. 4 tapes with English vocabulary and extensive notes. | |||
| Selected Poems | M. Lermontov | $9.50 | |
| 60 min. (no text) | |||
| Shinyel | Gogol | $29.50 | |
| (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. | |||
| Skverniy Anekdot | Dostoevsky | $19.50 | |
| (A Nasty Anecdote) 55 min. Read by Igor Dmitriev. | |||
| Velikiy Inkvizitor | Dostoevsky | $29.50 | |
| (The Grand Inquisitor) A chapter from Dostoevsky's immortal masterpiece Brothers Karamazov. Read by Igor Dmitriev. 2 tapes, 100 min. | |||