Two days in the life of the terrestrial globe and other stories /
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Author / Creator: | Odoevskiĭ, V. F. (Vladimir Fedorovich), kni͡azʹ, 1804-1869. |
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Uniform title: | Short stories. Selections. English |
Imprint: | Richmond, Surrey : Oneworld Classics, 2012. |
Description: | ix, 132 p. ; 20 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Oneworld classics |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9027450 |
Summary: | In the title piece of this collection a party of guests wonder at the great comet which has appeared in the sky, and give their predictions of what this ill omen portends for the Earth. Mixing elements of the Gothic with fantasy, this piece marks the dawn of Russian science fiction, and constitutes a prime example of the creativity and imagination of Odoevsky' s storytelling.<br> Including the much-loved childre' s story The Little Town in the Snuffbo' , the mysteries Imbrogli' and The Black Glov' , and the artistic portrait Beethove' s Last Quarte' , this volume of Odoevsk' s short stories represents some of the finest of early-nineteenth-century Russian short fiction. |
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Physical Description: | ix, 132 p. ; 20 cm. |
Bibliography: | Bibliography: p 131. |
ISBN: | 9780714543888 0714543888 |