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100 1 _aKuprin, A. I.
_q(Aleksandr Ivanovich),
_d1870-1938
245 1 4 _aThe River of Life, and Other Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-12-03
505 0 _aThe river of life -- Captain Ribnikov -- The outrage -- The witch.
508 _aProduced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The River of Life and Other Stories" by Alexander Kuprin is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening story, titled "The River of Life," introduces readers to the dreary setting of a third-rate hotel called the ‘Serbia’, populated by misfits, lodgers, and a landlady, Anna Friedrichovna, who juggles the chaos of her life with care, navigating her relationships with her children and a downfallen lieutenant, Tchijhevich. The narrative dives deep into themes of survival, loss, and the human condition, exploring the lives of those who inhabit the margins of society. The opening portion of the collection sets a vivid scene in the cluttered and rundown hotel where Anna Friedrichovna runs her household with a mix of toughness and vulnerability. With the smells of cooking permeating the air, the landlady deals with her children’s antics and the errant behavior of Lieutenant Tchijhevich, who lives under her roof, highlighting a blend of love, conflict, and financial strife. As tensions rise, culminating in a personal conflict between the lieutenant and Anna, the story unfolds to reveal their complex relationships against a backdrop of a war-torn society and the crumbling remnants of once respectable lives. This rich tapestry of human interactions invites readers to reflect on the deeper themes of desperation and resilience within the margins of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aRussia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
653 _aKuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1870-1938 -- Translations into English
700 1 _aKoteliansky, S. S.
_q(Samuel Solomonovitch),
_d1880-1955
700 1 _aMurry, John Middleton,
_d1889-1957
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58406
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