Every individual should find a vocation furnishing that one of the three kinds of work for which he has the greatest ability. Then he should go into the particular branch of that...

The magi, as you know, were wise men – wonderfully wise men – who brought gifts to the new-born King of the Jews in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas...

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...

A Collection of stories prized for their craftsmanship and comic irony from Russia’s greatest novelists and dramatists. The audio book features Ivan Turgenev's Mumu and 11 Anton...

Chekhov's meticulous anatomies of complicated human impulse and response, his view of what's funny and poignant, his clear-eyed observance of life as lived, all matching our own...

Big raindrops were pattering on the dark windows. It was one of those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they have begun, last a long time—for weeks, till the frozen...

Dostoyevsky skilfully paints a portrait of a character who manages to recall a childhood memory from twenty years ago and by doing so he alters the course of his life and even...

Audio book collection of Chekhov's short story works featuring: Talent, Anyuta, The Helpmate, Ivan Matveyitch, Polinka. Read in English by Max Bollinger (Unabridged) and...

Once, as I was wandering about the fields after partridges with Yermolai, I saw some way off a deserted garden, and turned into it. I had hardly crossed its borders when a snipe...

Nellie, a young and pretty girl, dreaming day and night of being married, gazes into a looking-glass. In the mirror her future husband emerges and they live together through days...