The District Doctor and Other Stories

It's hard to die at twenty without having known love… An intriguing confession of doctor's romantic involvement with a beautiful 20 year old patient. Followed by Turgenev's exquisite, often meditative descriptions of Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. The book includes 14 stories from The Hunting Sketches collection.

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Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was a Russian writer whose work is exemplary of Russian Realism. A student of Hegel, Turgenev’s political views and writing were heavily influenced by the Age of Enlightenment. Among his most recognized works are the classic Fathers and Sons, A Sportsman’s Sketches, and A Month in the Country. Turgenev is today recognized for his artistic purity, which influenced writers such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad. Turgenev died in 1883, and is credited with returning Leo Tolstoy to writing as the result of his death-bed plea.
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Pieni runotyttö

L. M. Montgomery

Runotyttö maineen polulla

L. M. Montgomery

Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars

Lester Chadwick

A journey to the centre of the Earth

Jules Verne

Il libro delle bestie

Rudyard Kipling

Cuore

Edmondo De Amicis

Cuento de Navidad

Charles Dickens

Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Barba Azul

Charles Perrault

L'Isola del tesoro

Robert Louis Stevenson

I racconti delle fate

Charles Perrault

Contes russes (volume 2)

Alexandre Afanassiev

Ivan Turgenev