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Richard Freeborn
Jacob fought desperately to save Jerusalem from the Babylonian invaders. Injured and exiled, Jacob builds a new life among his former enemies in the city of Babylon.
As the Babylonians…
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Ivan Goncharov
Goncharov’s masterpiece is not just ingenious social satire, but also a sharp criticism of 19th century Russian society.
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Professor Freeborn’s book is an attempt to identify and define the evolution of a particular kind of novel in Russian and Soviet literature: the revolutionary novel. This genre is a…
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It’s Holiday Season. In the spirit of classic Science Fiction, Christmas at the Puzzle Store takes you to places strange, but recognizable.
Mostly.
Whether it’s chasing a fugitive or fleeing…
This introduction to the study of the Russian novel demonstrates how the form evolved from imitative beginnings to the point in the 1860s when it reached maturity and established itself…
In the spirit of classic science fiction, Tales from the Puzzle Store takes you to places and times both strange and unexpected. Mac’s career concentrated on absolutes. What he could…
Richard Freeborn (University of London)
Arnold McMillin
Ivan Turgenev,Richard Freeborn
Lavretsky returns to his estate, broken and disillusioned by a failed marriage, and finds love again - only to lose it. This book captures the sense of loss and of…
A social novel that is a sort of introduction to those that follow, because it refers to the epoch anterior to that when the social and political movements began.
Ivan Turgenev
First published in 1852, Sketches from a Hunter’s Album is a loose series of lyrical stories of rural life under serfdom. This expanded edition includes all Turgenev’s other short stories.
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Turgenev’s masterpiece about the conflict between generations is as fresh, outspoken, and exciting today as it was in when it was first published in 1862.
Bringing together six of Turgenev’s best known stories in volume, this collection includes First Love, Asya, Mumu, The Diary of a Superfluous Man, Song of Triumphant Love, and King Lear…
