Constance garnett
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English
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Published to great acclaim and fierce controversy in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment has left an indelible mark on global literature and our modern world, and is still known worldwide as the quintessential Russian novel. Readers of all backgrounds have debated its historical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions, probing the moral and ethical dilemmas that Dostoevsky so brilliantly stages throughout his narrative. Yet, at its heart, this...
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Series
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English
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
6) The kingdom of God is within you: Christianity not as a mystic religion but as a new theory of life
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Publisher
[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 26 cm
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English
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Series
Publisher
Mint Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Love and Other Stories (1922) is a collection of twenty-three stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Recognized today as foundational for the development of the modern short story, Anton Chekhov has transcended Russian literature to become one of the most popular and acclaimed authors in history, in any language. This collection showcases the author's unique talent for illuminating the intricacies of love and critiquing the values of social and...
12) War and peace
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English
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From Pevear and Volokhonsky, the bestselling, award-winning translators of "Anna Karenina" and "The Brothers Karamazov," comes a brilliant, engaging, and eminently readable translation of Tolstoy's master epic.
15) The possessed
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Publisher
The Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1936]
Physical Desc
xiv, 736 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
18) Android Karenina
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Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
541 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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When a secret cabal of radical scientific revolutionaries launches an attack on Russian high society's high-tech lifestyle, the classic love story's heroes--Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky--must fight back with all their courage, all their gadgets, and all the power of a sleek new cyborg model like nothing the world has ever seen.
20) Uncle Vanya
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A film of the highly acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Anton Checkhov's play Uncle Vanya directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. Chekhov's portrayal of the frustrations and disillusions of advancing age and the numbing boredom of provincial life in 1890's Russia, is here effortlessly performed by probably the most talented and prestigious cast ever assembled for this work. An outstanding work of significant historical importance....