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  • Big Ben Strikes Eleven

    A London Mystery

    Series series British Library Crime Classics
    Sir Robert Boniface, the industrial and financial tycoon—and stalwart of the British Cabinet—has been found shot dead in his blue limousine on a warm Friday evening in the Vale of Health, Hampstead Heath. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now-missing artist Matt Caldwell. Called to the scene, Inspector Beckett of Scotland Yard suspects ... Read more

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  • The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Translated by David Magarshack ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Oblomov

    Translated by David Magarshack ...
    Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy - a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the bustle and activity necessary to participate ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Big Ben Strikes Eleven. Illustrated

    Big Ben Strikes Eleven is a gripping and elegantly constructed mystery novel by David Magarshack, more widely known for his acclaimed translations of Russian literature. In this rare work of crime fiction, Magarshack demonstrates his command of suspense, dialogue, and psychological depth, crafting a tale that is as atmospheric as it is intellectually engaging. Set in post-war London, the novel ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Real Chekhov

    An Introduction to Chekhov's Last Plays

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
    What is Chekhov’s method of ensuring audience participation? What does his stage direction ‘through tears’ mean? What happens between the first and second acts of The Seagull? Is there any reason for the despondency in Chekhov’s drama? This book, first published in 1972, discusses these questions and many other issues around Chekhov’s last four plays. David Magarshack, the leading translator and ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Big Ben Strikes Eleven

    Narrated by John Telfer ...
    Series series British Library Crime Classics

    Unabridged

    10 hours 54 min

    The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidentally on a sultry Friday evening towards the end of June. The industrial and financial tycoon, and former stalwart of the British Cabinet, was shot in the head and left in the quiet Vale of Health. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now missing ... Read more

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  • Notes from Underground and the Double

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    The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life - indeed, 'The Gambler', a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette debts. This volume includes 'Bobok', the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and ... Read more

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