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Library sources for learning Russian
Easy Readers - Beginner to Intermediate
Easy readers and other bilingual books can help you learn a language by pairing short readings in the language you're learning with English side by side. Try reading the text and if you get stuck, look at the translation.
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Great Russian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century: A Dual Language Book by Call Number: PG3286 .G75 2013
Russian Dual Language Book: Texts and Vocabulary for Beginners in Russian and English by Call Number: PG2117 .G46 2016
Russian Folktales from the Collection of A. Afanasyev by Call Number: GR202 .A66125 2014
Beginner's Russian Reader; with Conversational Exercises by Call Number: PG2117 .P334 1985Easy readings in Russian.
Modern Russian Reader for Intermediate Classes by Call Number: PG2117 .P347 1986Intermediate level readings in Russian.
Russian Area Reader by Call Number: PG2117 .V3 1996ISBN: 0844242632Publication Date: 2001-02-01Essays in Russian on various aspects of Russian culture. Each essay is followed by a list of vocabulary words with English definitions. Intermediate to advanced.
Literature
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The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature by Call Number: PG2951 .E47 2008
Russian Literature by Call Number: PG2951 .W26 2009
The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Russian Literature by Call Number: PG3017 .C36 2011
The Cambridge Companion to the Classic Russian Novel by Call Number: PG3098.3 .C33 1998
An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction: Introduction to a Culture by Call Number: PG3213 .A56 2005
50 Writers: An Anthology of 20th Century Russian Short Stories by Call Number: E-bookAlso print: PG3286 .A26 2011
Contemporary Russian Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology by Call Number: PG3237.E5 C55 1993English and Russian
Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry by Call Number: PG3237.E5 V47 2008English and Russian in parallel translation
Poetry Reader for Russian Learners by Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2015 (6th edition)Poetry Reader for Russian Learners helps upper-beginner, intermediate, and advanced Russian students refine their language skills. Poems are coded by level of difficulty.
Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 1299251528Publication Date: 2012Chronology, introductory essay, extensive bibliography, cross-referenced entries on significant people, themes, critical issues, and genres that have formed Russian Literature.
Online Literature
- Lib.RuFree website for Russian and Soviet literature online. Includes Russian Classics as well as modern prose, poetry and drama.
Finding Russian Fiction in Translation
Try these searches to find individual Russian novels, short stories, etc. in English translation. You can also search for a book by its title or author.
- Russian fiction
- Russian literature
- Russian "short stories"
- Russian poetry