Clarity, precision, conciseness, and a rejection of stylistic embellishment—these are the hallmarks of Pushkin’s prose; yet, beneath this outward simplicity lies such a wealth of meaning that literary scholars have spent nearly two centuries deciphering his masterpieces. He turned to prose—a medium he had once dismissed as ‘despicable’—only in the late 1820s, having already achieved fame and...

By analogy with Pushkin’s Golden Age, the era spanning the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries came to be known as the Silver Age; it was marked by the emergence of an unprecedented number of brilliant figures in Russian poetry—Balmont and Bryusov, Gippius and Merezhkovsky, Sologub and Annensky, Blok and Akhmatova, Gumilev and Mandelstam, Tsvetaeva and Pasternak, Yesenin and Mayakovsky, and...

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that follows a young, disillusioned man traveling through Europe

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels.

Comprising four dramatic scenes—*The Covetous Knight*, *Mozart and Salieri*, *The Stone Guest*, and *A Feast in Time of Plague*—the *Little Tragedies* focus on gripping tales of destructive passions. Greed and lust, envy and a craving for immortality take possession of Pushkin’s characters. They do not merely experience passion; they affirm it as the supreme value of existence, serving and...

This edition presents two of the author’s finest novels: *Treasure Island* and *The Black Arrow*. Thrilling adventures, brilliantly crafted plots, and unforgettable characters define these works, which are beloved by children and adults alike across the globe.

*Resurrection* is Tolstoy’s final novel, reflecting the spiritual and creative quests of his later years. Begun in 1889, the novel was not completed and published until a decade later, in 1899. In Russia, the publication of many scenes and even entire chapters was banned. *Resurrection* was among the works by Tolstoy that led to his excommunication from the Church.

This edition presents Leo Tolstoy’s so-called ‘Caucasian works’: the short stories ‘The Raid,’ ‘The Wood-Felling,’ and ‘The Prisoner of the Caucasus,’ as well as the novellas *The Cossacks* and *Hadji Murat*. These works reflect the impressions the writer gathered during his three-year service in the Caucasus. In 1851, he traveled there to join his older brother Nikolai—an officer in the active...

This work by the 29-year-old author, thanks to the brilliant Alexandrian verse combined with a piercing love affair, was destined to become one of the most played plays in the world theater. The translation published in this edition by E. Baevskaya fully reflects all the dramatic features of the original.

This edition includes two of Shakespeare’s great tragedies—*Hamlet* and *Othello*—as well as *Romeo and Juliet*, the immortal tale of young, pure love. For centuries, people have sought the secret behind Shakespeare’s greatness and wondered why he eclipsed other brilliant figures of the Golden Age of English drama, forever etching his name into the history of world literature and theater.

Marina Tsvetaeva belonged to no poetic school and acknowledged no literary influences—only human ones. She stood alone, ‘for all’ and ‘against all.’ A staggering temperament combined with extraordinary rhythmic variety defines Tsvetaeva’s lyric poetry. Disregarding the boundaries of convention, she infused her poetry with an elemental force. And, despite misunderstanding, loneliness, and a...

Kidnapped is a madcap crime spree that caroms from crisis to crisis, through lands real and imagined. It tells the tale of Sergei Sertsov, not one but two boys from Moscow with more than just a name in common, and the women who go to great lengths to protect them. The story unfurls in a whirlwind of deceit and double crossing—babies are switched at birth, documents forged, palms greased,...