The Life and Works of Alexander Grin
Title | The Life and Works of Alexander Grin PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas J. L. Luker |
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Release | 1971 |
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The Life of Alexander Grin
Title | The Life of Alexander Grin PDF eBook |
Author | Aleksandr Grin |
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Pages | 106 |
Release | 1978 |
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Fandango and Other Stories
Title | Fandango and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan Karetnyk |
Publisher | Russian Library |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2019-12-31 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780231189767 |
Fandango and Other Stories presents a selection of essential short fiction by Alexander Grin, Russia's counterpart to Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alexandre Dumas. Grin's ingenious plots explore conflicts of the individual and society in a romantic world populated by a cast of eccentric, cosmopolitan characters.
Aleksandr Grin, the Forgotten Visionary
Title | Aleksandr Grin, the Forgotten Visionary PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas J. L. Luker |
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Pages | 128 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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The aim of this book is to examine Grin's life in detail and to correct popular misconceptions about him - notably that he was a seafaring desperado who skillfully plagiarized the work of Western adventure writers. At the same time it touches on his posthumous literary face and seeks to briefly define his significance to Russian letters.
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.
Title | Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Green |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 668 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780520071667 |
This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career.
The Seeker of Adventure
Title | The Seeker of Adventure PDF eBook |
Author | Александр Грин |
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Pages | 562 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Short stories, Russian |
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The Glittering World
Title | The Glittering World PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Grin |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2013-01-31 |
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ISBN | 9781482335590 |
There are people comfortably settled into their lives. There are people confident in what they know. There are people who are safe within their well-defined world.Just when they think they have the universe figured out, along comes Drood and changes everything overnight. Join the great Russian dreamer Alexander Grin, as he explores the question - what would happen if a human being could fly.