ISBN: PB: 9780300162325
September 2011
192 pp.
21,0x14,0 cm
6 black&white illus.
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£18.99
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Meek One: Fantastic Story
An Annotated Russian Reader
This fully annotated paperback learner's edition of Dostoevsky's short story "The Meek One" is intended for intermediate and advanced Russian students. In addition to the Russian text, the book includes an introduction discussing the story's historical context, literary significance, and critical response; an extensive glossary and a learner's dictionary; discussion questions; and vocabulary quizzes, exercises and self-tests. All of these components will also be available online, accompanied by a complete soundtrack.
About the author
Julia Titus is senior lector in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.
Reviews
"Julia Titus edition of 'The Meek One' is an excellent annotated reader for students of Russian language and literature at the intermediate and advanced levels. The exercises are engaging, the annotations very useful and to the point" – Edna Andrews, PhD, Duke University, Professor of Linguistics & Cultural Anthropology