Short Stories
Here you will find a collection of short stories from a variety of Russian writers adapted for an English-speaking learner following the popular Ilya Frank's method.
Each text is broken up into small parts. The adapted paragraphs with inserted literal English translation and brief comments in parenthesis come first. The notes in English are designed to match the original Russian in a way that facilitates understanding while not distracting greatly from the Russian forms. After reading an adapted excerpt and working out the meaning, read the same part without prompts. Then continue your reading.
Крот и яйцо
**Marina Vishnevetskaya** (b. 1955) is a Russian author, screen writer and poet, a member of the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts Nika.
Рассказ старого ковбоя
A story of a noble Native American trader recorded by two Russian writers who toured the USA in 1930s.
Ры́бья любо́вь
A Fish's Love is a humorous short story by Anton Chekhov written in 1892. The main character, a Carp living in a pond near General Pantalykin's dacha, is hopelessly in love with a young summer resident Sonya Mamochkina and one day decides to fall for her hook. Chekhov first published this story under the pseudonym "Man without a spleen".
Старик в станционном буфете
An Old Man in The Station Buffet is a chapter from The Golden Rose, a collection of stories the author called "notes about my understanding of the nature of literary writing and my experience."