Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, and with many of the stories appearing in English for the first time, this is a collection that will satisfy every reader. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy, Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales, Chekhov's unmatchable skills are on full display in a story about a female factory owner and the wretched workers, Klavdia Lukashevitch delights with a sweet and surprising tale of a childhood in White Russia, and Mikhail Zoshchenko recounts madcap anecdotes of Christmas trees and Christmas thieves. There is no shortage of vodka or wit on display here, in a collection that proves, with its wonderful variety and remarkable human touch, that Nobody Does Christmas Like the Russians. New Year's tree / Mikhail Zoshchenko -- Boys / Anton Chekhov -- Christmas tree and a wedding / Fyodor Dostoevsky -- At Christmastide / Anton Chekhov -- Dream of the young tsar / Lev Tolstoy -- Makar's dream / Vladimir Korolenko -- Woman's kingdom / Anton Chekhov -- Distant Christmas eve / Klaudia Lukashevich -- Little boy at Christ's Christmas tree / Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Christmas phantoms / Maxim Gorky -- Lifeless animal / Teffi -- My last Christmas / Mikhail Zoshchenko.

Publication Year: 2016