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  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The farther I go back in my memory of the past, and the nearer I get to remembering incidents connected with my childhood, the more confused and doubtful do my recollections become. Much, no doubt, was told me afterwards, in a more conscious stage of my existence, by those who, with loving care, noticed my early doings. Perhaps many of the things that I recall never happened to me; I heard or read ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Duel

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    Translated by Josh Billings ...
    Series series The Art of the Novella
    About This BookHer mourth was almost pressed against his, and her words were like quick, hurried kisses: "You must absolutely go through with the duel tomorrow."This rediscovered gem by a major, yet neglected, writer — here presented in a dazzling new translation — is an absorbing account of the final days of Czarist Russia.An absorbing saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own ... Read more

    $10.39 CAD

  • 3 Stories with Wartime Massacres

    by Alexander Kuprin, Ambrose Bierce, Vladimir Korolenko ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture ... Read more

    $6.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Top 10 Short Stories - Sci-Fi - The Europeans

    by Jules Verne, Alexander Kuprin, H G Wells ...
    Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pit [Yama]

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    ALEXANDER KUPRIN (1870-1938) was a Russian novelist and short-story writer, one of the last exponents of the great tradition of Russian social realism.His best-known novel, The Pit (Yama), is an overwhelming indictment of the timeless evil of prostitution. It is not without cause that YAMA has been called "the first and last honest work on the subject of prostitution."It deals with the red-light ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 3 Stories About - Thieving for the Greater Good

    by Alexander Kuprin, Willa Cather, Vicente Blasco Ibanez ...
    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says ... Read more

    $1.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle," from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul; The Song and The Dance; Easter Day; The Idiot; The Picture; Hamlet; Mechanical Justice; The Last Word; Dogs' Happiness; A Clump of Lilacs; Anathema; Tempting Providence; Cain. Aleksandr ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Slav Soul and Other Stories

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, "The Elephant" and "The White Poodle," from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul; The Song and The Dance; Easter Day; The Idiot; The Picture; Hamlet; Mechanical Justice; The Last Word; Dogs' Happiness; A Clump of Lilacs; Anathema; Tempting Providence; Cain. Aleksandr ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Park of Kings, The

    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

    Unabridged

    18 min

    Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870.At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.Despite his ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity

    by Alexandre Kuprin ...
    King Solomon had not yet attained middle age—forty-five; yet the fame of his wisdom and comeliness, of the grandeur of his life and the pomp of his court, had spread far beyond the limits of Palestine. In Assyria and Phœnicia; in Lower and Upper Ægypt; from ancient Tabriz to Yemen and from Ismar unto Persepolis; on the coast of the Black Sea and upon the islands of the Mediterranean,—all uttered ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Cain

    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    Narrated by David Shaw-Parker ...

    Unabridged

    26 min

    Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870.At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.Despite his ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Anathema

    From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

    by Alexander Kuprin ...
    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

    Unabridged

    Alexander Kuprin was born in Narovchat, Penza in Russia on 7th September 1870.At 3 his Father died and he and mother moved to Moscow. By 10 he was enrolled at the Second Moscow Military High School and there his interest in literature began. The Alexander Military Academy followed and two years later he was a sub-lieutenant and posted to an Infantry Regiment for a further four years.Despite his ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD