Russian Stories (Dual-Language Books) -

Very good book. It tells you the story in Russian, with the English counter-part on the other page, so you can compare what you're reading. Very useful, and has very good stories in it. It also tells you a little about the authors, which is also useful. There isn't much else to say. It is a very good book, and I would definately recommend it, and any other dual language book of this make, to everyone.

XOPOWO AND USEFULL FIND (15/16 people found this helpful)

Ive been studying russian for 5 years and this is the best book ive ever learnt from to date. On the left hand page you have the russian and on the right you have the english translation which is perfectly lined up with the russian which allows unknown words and forms to be easily and quickly known, meaning there is no longer any refering to a time consuming and frustrating dictionary. The translations are good and the stories are taken from Russia's most famous writers (Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Leskov, Chekhov, Sologub, Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel and Zoshchenko) and because of this taking the time to read the russian is worthwhile and rewarding as you feel you are reading something of value. The Russian is hard in places and varies depending on the author. It is probably best for university level students who have a good basic understanding of russian (intermediate) through to highly proficient/fluent speakers. The book enables you to understand how the language is constructed and stress marks have been added (essential if you want to pronounce the words correctly, otherwise russians will find it hard to understand you) to the russian text, and it is this that makes the book so usefull and productive as I find russian is rarely written with word stress marks. This book will broaden your vacabulary, improve your understanding of grammar and noticably improve and quicken your reading skills. It also contains info about each author and has vocab list at the end of the book. I paid 13 pounds for this to help me maintain my russian over the summer break from university and feel that it has far surpased this task and has indeed become a source of inspiratin and improvement. Highly recomended to all those of you that want to get to grip with this mammoth of a language.

Russian and English versions of Russian literature (22/24 people found this helpful)

If you are sort of good at Russian but feel you have a long way to go, this is a painless way to study. The stories are interesting, and the immediate translations are great. Russian is a tough language! This book lets you read Russian as people speak it, which is better than drill and practice exercizes. I wish I still had my copy, but I left it in Moscow for my translator. It is also good for learning English if you are a native Russian speaker.

Russian Stories (Dual-Language Books)

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Russian and English versions of Russian literature (22/24 people found this helpful)

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