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Short Fiction
Chapitres (48)
- Foreword 0:00
- The River of Life 2:08
- Captain Ribnikov 57:48
- The Outrage 2:32:26
- The Witch 3:14:04
- A Slav Soul 6:20:30
- The Song and the Dance 6:44:22
- Easter Day 6:58:01
- The Idiot 7:27:40
- The Picture 7:48:40
- Hamlet 8:25:08
- Mechanical Justice 9:01:51
- The Last Word 9:26:12
- The White Poodle 9:41:00
- The Elephant 11:06:20
- Dogs’ Happiness 11:31:11
- A Clump of Lilacs 11:50:48
- Tempting Providence 12:04:07
- Cain 12:30:42
- The Bracelet of Garnets 12:51:31
- The Horse-Thieves 14:52:26
- Anathema 16:00:56
- The Laestrygonians 16:21:46
- The Park of Kings 18:01:17
- An Evening Guest 18:16:17
- A Legend 18:31:18
- Demir-Kayá 18:38:18
- The Garden of the Holy Virgin 18:45:32
- Sasha 18:53:43
- A Sentimental Romance 19:57:37
- The Army Ensign 20:20:29
- Autumn Flowers 22:07:17
- Emerald 22:32:57
- Happiness 23:14:42
- How I Became an Actor 23:20:04
- “Allez!” 24:34:19
- Black Fog 24:47:26
- The Murderer 25:19:42
- Measles 25:34:22
- The Jewess 26:37:51
- Le Coq d’Or 27:28:48
- Sulamith 27:38:34
- The Piebald Horses 30:06:39
- The Little Red Christmas Tree 30:21:35
- Monte Carlo 30:34:04
- Roach Hole 30:51:37
- The Disciple 31:11:20
- The Old City of Marseilles 31:46:14
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Aleksandr Kuprin was one of the most celebrated Russian authors of the early twentieth century, writing both novels (including his most famous, The Duel) and short fiction. Along with Chekhov and Bunin, he did much to draw attention away from the “great Russian novel” and to make short fiction popular. His work is famed for its descriptive qualities and sense of place, but it always centers on the souls of the stories’ subjects. The themes of his work are wide and varied, and include biblical parables, bittersweet romances, spy fiction, and farce, among many others. In 1920, under some political pressure, Kuprin left Russia for France, and his later work primarily adopts his new homeland for the setting.
This collection comprises the best individual translations into English of each of his short stories and novellas available in the public domain, presented in chronological order of their translated publication.