| The Garnet Bracelet and Other Stories Contributor(s): Kuprin, Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 1410102351 ISBN-13: 9781410102355 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 Annotation: Stories contained in this volume: MolochOlesyaNight DutyThe White PoodleI Was An ActorThe GambrinusEmeraldThe Garnet BraceletAleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a writing career, and was a friend of Maxim Gorky. He won fame with The Duel (1905), a novel of protest against the Russian military system. In 1909, Yama: The Pit, his novel dealing with prostitution in Odessa, created a sensation. Kuprin left Russia after the revolution but returned in 1937. Some of his best short stories of action and adventure appear in The Garnet Bracelet, originally published in 1917. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 10.1" W x 2.48" (0.96 lbs) 388 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Stories contained in this volume: Moloch Olesya Night Duty The White Poodle I Was An Actor The Gambrinus Emerald The Garnet Bracelet Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a writing career, and was a friend of Maxim Gorky. He won fame with The Duel (1905), a novel of protest against the Russian military system. In 1909, Yama: The Pit, his novel dealing with prostitution in Odessa, created a sensation. Kuprin left Russia after the revolution but returned in 1937. Some of his best short stories of action and adventure appear in The Garnet Bracelet, originally published in 1917. |