This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Russia.For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.This book contains:- Leonid Andreyev:- Lazarus- On The Day of Crucifixion- The Crushed Flower- The Serpent's Story- JUdas Iscariot- The Little Angel- A Story Wich Will Never Be Finished- Daniil Kharms:- Symphony no. 2- On phenomena and existences - No. 1- The thing- Andrey Semyonovich- An unexpected drinking bout- The destiny of a professor's wife- The memoirs of a wise old man- Alexander Pushkin:- The Queen of Spades- The Shot- The Snowstorm- The Postmaster- The Coffin-maker- Kirdjali- Peter, The Great's Negro- Ivan Turgenev:- A Desperate Character- Knock, Knock, Knock- A Strange Story- The Dog- The District Doctor- The Inn- Mumu- Maxim Gorky:- Her Lover- One Autumn Night- Twenty Six Men and a Girl- The Dead Man- Waiting for the Ferry- The Billionaire- The Birth of a Man