The Life of Alexander Grin
Title | The Life of Alexander Grin PDF eBook |
Author | Aleksandr Grin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1978 |
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Aleksandr Grin, the Forgotten Visionary
Title | Aleksandr Grin, the Forgotten Visionary PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas J. L. Luker |
Publisher | |
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.
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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Pages | |
Release | 1971 |
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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.
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.
Alexander Grin
Title | Alexander Grin PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Luker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 1980 |
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Running on Waves
Title | Running on Waves PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Grin |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Pub |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2010-03-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781451519303 |
Alexander Grin was writing after the revolution, living in Crimea. Content of the novel is based upon background of sea travel, heroes have portraits for the characters. Action is running in the "invented" places, whose names resemble names of the real cities in Crimea. Novel was written in 1928.