Russian humorous stories
By: edited and introduced by Janko Lavrin. With drawings by George Downs.
Publisher: Sylvan Press
Published: 1946
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Short stories, Russian.; Russian fiction -- Translations into English.; Russian wit and humor.
Notes: "First published in 1946."
"Companion volume, Tales from Gogol."
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Pushkin, Alexander. The undertaker.; title: Gogol, Nikolai. The nose.; title: Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail. The ideals of a carp.; title: Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The crocodile.; title: Leskov, Nikolai. The flea.; title: Chekhov, Anton. The orator.; title: Chekhov, Anton. The safety-match.; title: Zoshchenko, Mikhail. In hospital.; title: Zoshchenko, Mikhail. The discerning dog.; title: Babel, Isaak. The king.; title: Ilf, Ilya [and] Petrov, Evgeny. Columbus reaches the shore.