Great French and Russian Short Stories, Volume 1 (Unabridged Selections) (Unabridged‪)‬

No one plumbs deeper depths of the psyche than French and Russian authors. This wide-ranging collection of 19th-century literary masterworks, presented in their entirety, not only entertains, but provides insight into 19th-century mores and the mysteries of human nature. 

The short stories presented in this volume include eight by Guy de Maupassant: "Love's Awakening", "Useless Beauty", "In the Moonlight", and "The Horla". Also included are "The Thief" and "The Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoevsky; "The Mysterious Mansion" and "Christ in Flanders" by Honore de Balzac; "The Bet", "The Kiss", "The Lottery Ticket", "A Work of Art", and "The Slanderer" by Anton Chekov; "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol; "Zodmirsky's Duel" by Alexander Dumas; "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin; "The Long Exile" by Leo Tolstoy; "The Thief" by Fyodor Dostoevsky; "Captain Burle" by Emile Zola, "The Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoevsky; and "In the Moonlight" by Guy de Maupassant.