Two days in the life of the terrestrial globe and other stories
By: Vladimir Odoevsky ; translated by Neil Cornwell
Contributors: Cornwell, Neil
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780714543888
Subjects: Translations into English; Russian Short stories; Fiction
Other titles: Beethoven's last quartet.; Opere del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi.; Little town in the snuffbox.; Black glove.; Apparition.; Witness.; Imbroglio.
Work titles: Short stories
Description: In the title piece of this collection a party of guests wonder at the great comet which has appeared in the sky, and give their predictions of what this ill omen portends for the Earth. Mixing elements of the Gothic with fantasy, this piece marks the dawn of Russian science fiction, and constitutes a prime example of the creativity and imagination of Odoevsky's story-telling. Including the much-loved children's story 'The Little Town in the Snuffbox', the mysteries 'Imbroglio' and 'The Black Glove', and the artistic portrait 'Beethoven's Last Quartet', this volume of Odoevsky's short stories represents some of the finest of early-nineteenth-century Russian short fiction.
Notes: Translated from Russian.

Includes Bibliographical references (p. 131).
Table of contents: title: Two Days in the Life of the Terrestrial Globe; title: Beethoven's Last Quartet; title: Opere del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi; title: The Little Town in the Snuffbox; title: The Black Glove; title: The Apparition; title: The Witness; title: Imbroglio.