title: An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern Fiction: Introduction to a Culture
author:  Nicholas Rzhevsky 
description: "As a teacher of Russian culture, I was pleased to find that Professor Rzhevsky's choice of literary texts is very sound; his volume contains most of the items that I have been assigning as reserved library reading or in xerox packets. ... The choice of literary texts is excellent. The introductory essays are interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in scope."
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  THE NOSE AND OTHER STORIES
  
  RUSSIAN LIBRARY
  
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  The Russian Library at Columbia University Press publishes an expansive
  selection of Russian literature in English translation, concentrating on works
  previously unavailable in English and those ripe for new translations. Works
  of premodern, modern, and contemporary literature are featured, including
  recent writing. The series seeks to demonstrate the breadth, surprising
  variety, and global importance of the Russian literary tradition and includes
  not only novels but also short stories, plays, poetry, memoirs, creative
  nonfiction, and works of mixed or fluid genre.
  
  Editorial Board:
  
  Vsevolod Bagno
  
  Dmitry Bak
  
  Rosamund Bartlett
  
  Caryl Emerson
  
  Peter B. Kaufman
  
  Mark Lipovetsky
  
  Oliver Ready
  
  Stephanie Sandler
  
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   _For a list of books in the series, see_ _Series List_
  
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  > Published with the support of Read Russia, Inc., a