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Short Fiction

by Fyodor Sologub

With John Cournos

Translated by John Cournos

Translated by Stephen Graham

Translated by Rosa Savory Graham

Translated by P. Selver

A collection of Fyodor Sologub’s translated short stories, ordered by date of the publication of their translation.

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First published
Various dates
Length
97,350 words
Reading time
About 6 hr 46 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Fyodor Sologub was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His work generally has a downcast outlook with recurring mystical elements, and often uses anthropomorphic objects or fantastical situations to comment on human behaviour. As well as novels (including the critically acclaimed The Little Demon ), Sologub wrote over five hundred short stories, ranging in length from half-page fables to nearly novella-length tales.

While most of his short stories were not contemporaneously translated, both John Cournos and Stephen Graham produced English compilations and contributed individual stories to publications such as The Russian Review and The Egoist . This collection comprises the best individual English translations in the public domain of Sologub’s short stories, presented in chronological order of the publication of their translation.

First published Various dates; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 97,350 words arranged in 53 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: John Cournos; Translator: John Cournos; Translator: Stephen Graham; Translator: Rosa Savory Graham; Translator: P. Selver.

About the author

Fyodor Sologub

Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927) is described by Wikidata as Russian writer (1863–1927), with citizenship or national association recorded as Russian Empire and Soviet Union.

Recorded occupations include writer, poet, playwright, translator, and teacher. Languages recorded for Fyodor Sologub include French and Russian. The structured record associates Fyodor Sologub with Symbolism. Wikidata lists The Petty Demon among Fyodor Sologub's notable works. Open Library identifies Melkii bes as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 152 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Short Fiction under Fyodor Sologub's authorship.

1863–1927

Contributors

Annotator

John Cournos

Translator

John Cournos

Translator

Stephen Graham

Translator

Rosa Savory Graham

Translator

P. Selver

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Themes and ideas

  • Short stories, Russian
  • Russian fiction
  • Sologub, Fyodor, 1863-1927

Table of contents

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  1. Foreword
  2. Short Fiction
  3. The Old House 1
  4. The Uniter of Souls
  5. The White Dog
  6. Light and Shadows
  7. The Glimmer of Hunger
  8. Hide and Seek
  9. The Smile
  10. The Hoop
  11. The Search
  12. The White Mother
  13. Wings
  14. The Sweet-Scented Name
  15. Turandina
  16. Lohengrin
  17. Who Art Thou?
  18. The Dress of the Lily and of the Cabbage
  19. She Who Wore a Crown
  20. The Delicate Child
  21. The Bit of Candy
  22. The Lump of Sugar
  23. The Bull
  24. The Golden Post
  25. So Arose a Misunderstanding
  26. Frogs
  27. The Lady in Fetters
  28. The Kiss of the Unborn
  29. The Little Stick
  30. Equality
  31. Adventures of a Cobblestone
  32. The Future
  33. The Road and the Light
  34. The Keys
  35. The Independent Leaves
  36. The Crimson Ribbon
  37. Slayers of Innocent Babes
  38. The Herald of the Beast
  39. On the Other Side of the River Mairure
  40. The Candles
  41. He Became Better
  42. Three Gobs of Spit
  43. Fairy Tales in the Garden, and Fairy Tales at Court
  44. A Marriage
  45. Captive Death
  46. The Man Who Became Smaller
  47. Dotard and Dotardess
  48. Little Songs
  49. The Little Ray in the Little Cell
  50. The Affectionate Boy
  51. They
  52. The Tiny Man
  53. Endnotes
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