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Tag: Russian literature

‘Alyosha The Pot’ by Leo Tolstoy

Alyosha The Pot by Leo Tolstoy, 1905 Continue reading →

March 16, 2021September 4, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1900s, Alyosha The Pot, analysis, criticism, fiction, Leo Tolstoy, Russia, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories Leave a comment

‘The Tryst’ by Ivan Turgenev

The Tryst by Ivan Turgenev, 1853 Continue reading →

March 15, 2021October 30, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1850s, analysis, criticism, fiction, Ivan Turgenev, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Tryst Leave a comment

‘The Black Monk’ by Anton Chekhov

The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov, 1894 Continue reading →

January 7, 2021August 21, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1890s, analysis, Anton Chekhov, criticism, fiction, Russia, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Black Monk Leave a comment

‘Cloud, Castle, Lake’ by Vladimir Nabokov

Cloud, Castle, Lake by Vladimir Nabokov, 1937 Continue reading →

January 6, 2021October 30, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1930s, analysis, Cloud Castle Lake, criticism, fiction, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, Vladimir Nabokov 1 Comment

‘Phantoms’ by Ivan Turgenev

Phantoms by Ivan Turgenev, 1864 Continue reading →

January 5, 2021October 30, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1860s, analysis, criticism, fiction, France, Germany, Ivan Turgenev, Phantoms, Rome, Russia, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, vampires Leave a comment

‘Work, Death, And Sickness’ by Leo Tolstoy

Work, Death, And Sickness by Leo Tolstoy, 1903 Continue reading →

January 4, 2021September 14, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1900s, analysis, criticism, fiction, Leo Tolstoy, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Right Way, Work Death And Sickness Leave a comment

‘Aspic’ by Tatyana Tolstaya

Aspic by Tatyana Tolstaya, 2016 Continue reading →

January 1, 2021October 30, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 2010s, analysis, Aspic, criticism, fiction, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, Tatyana Tolstaya 3 Comments

‘The Death Of A Government Clerk’ by Anton Chekhov

The Death Of A Government Clerk by Anton Chekhov, 1883 Continue reading →

March 31, 2020August 29, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1880s, analysis, Anton Chekhov, criticism, fiction, Russia, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Death Of A Government Clerk Leave a comment

‘An Affair Of Honor’ by Vladimir Nabokov

An Affair Of Honor by Vladimir Nabokov, 1927 Continue reading →

September 6, 2019November 11, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1920s, An Affair Of Honor, analysis, Berlin, criticism, fiction, Germany, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Scoundrel, Vladimir Nabokov 1 Comment

‘The Thunderstorm’ by Vladimir Nabokov

The Thunderstorm by Vladimir Nabokov, 1924 Continue reading →

September 5, 2019November 2, 2025 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic TricksTags: 1920s, analysis, criticism, fiction, Russian lit, Russian literature, short stories, The Thunderstorm, Vladimir Nabokov Leave a comment

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