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Question: Russian classic book!.!.!.!?
I am looking for a SHORT Classic russian book!.
as I said SHORT(I do not like reading sth that is in more than volume)
What do you suggest!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy is only 60 pages long!. It is a classic tale about a dead lawyer and how he lived his life!. It starts with his funeral and then flashes back to his early life until his death!. There are 12 chapters, one for every month of the year!. It is dark and sad, but touching!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960; Russian):
Doctor Zhivago (1957)

Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904; Russian):
The Seagull (1896)
Uncle Vanya (1899-1900)
The Three Sisters (1901)
The Cherry Tree (1904)

Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910; Russian):
Anna Karenina (1877)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - ; Russian):
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
The First Circle (1968)
The Cancer Ward (1968)
The Gulag Archipelago (3 Volumes; 1973 - 1978)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881; Russian):
The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
Crime and Punishment (1866)
The Idiot (1869)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nabokov wrote some short stories, so did Gogol and Dostoyevksy!.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, isn't very long!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Anything by Pushkin!. I've read some of his short stories -- very nice!. He also wrote poetry, if that helps!. Check amazon!.com, since they always have cheap classics!.Www@QuestionHome@Com