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underworld_lucid_dreamer, August 18, 2008 (view all comments by underworld_lucid_dreamer)
A truly wonderful book for anyone interested in Russian or Russian literature. As for me, the main reason I bought this book was to get a feel of Russian literature and to pick up a few Russian words whenever possible. It is truly helpful if you want to improve your vocabulary, the accent marks make it an invaluable resource for anyone who's just beginning to learn Russian.

My advice is to read the stories in English first, search for the repeating words, read them in Russian, make a list of those words, then make flashcards of those words. Just make sure to check the words in an English-Russian vocabulary to make sure that you won't memorize the words along with their grammatical endings.

As for the stories, they're absolutely fantastic. I am not sure that this is the right book for anyone who doesn't have a real interest in the language though, as she'll finish it pretty quickly. For those who only want the literary aspect of the stories and don't have any interest in the language, I recommend buying an anthology of Russian short stories, as it will offer more stories than this book.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780486262444

Subtitle:

A Dual-Language Book

Editor:

Struve, Gleb

Editor:

Struve, Gleb

Publisher:

Dover Publications

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Russian

Subject:

Short Stories (Anthologies)

Subject:

Short Stories (single author)

Subject:

Anthologies (multiple authors)

Subject:

Russia

Subject:

Short stories, russian

Subject:

Russia Social life and customs Fiction.

Copyright:

c198

Edition Description:

Includes bibliographical references p. 335-358.

Series:

Dual-Language Books

Series Volume:

462

Publication Date:

February 1990

Binding:

Paperback

Language:

Russian

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

416

Dimensions:

8.81x5.19x.80 in. .93 lbs.