From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories by Carl R. Proffer

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... highly recommended.... This anthology of faithful translations of the classics is by far the best of its kind to come out for a long time." --Canadian Slavic Review

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Carl R. Proffer

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Carl R. Proffer (1938-1984) was a renowned scholar of Russian literature, co-founder of Ardis Publishers, and co-editor of Russian Literature Triquarterly. Among his books and translations are studies of Gogol, Letters of Nikolai Gogol, and The Critical Prose of Alexander Pushkin.