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Some people have basic needs of foods and materials that only theft can provide an answer for, and some others just pursue the taking of what they want, whenever they want and from whoever they want. These are their stories.

While almost entirely fictional, this story about the famous entertainer Barnum, his beautiful daughter, and one very clever clown, set against the backdrop of an old-fashioned circus, is witty, sweet, and romantic.

It is one thing to read the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea in a book and swoon over the romance of it all. It is a different thing entirely when the myth comes tumbling into your life and turns it upside down. "Be careful what you wish for", warns Alexander Kuprin in this chilling tale of art and obsession.

A peasant's son leaves his family after being drafter into the army and returns far more different than anyone ever expected.

Alexander Kuprin prefaced his novel The Pit about the lives of early 20th century Russian prostitutes as follows, "I know many people will find this novel amoral and inappropriate, but nevertheless I dedicated it from the bottom of my heart to mothers and young people" Indeed, the novel's publication was followed by an explosion of outrage. The "good" society accused Kuprin of slander and forever exiled him from its sitting rooms, charity auctions, and holiday balls. Progressive intellecutals winced and shuddered, but could not help admitting Kuprin had a point.

Of Men and Women is an anthology of short stories by the great Russian writer Alexander Kuprin focusing on various types of relationships between the two genders. Traditional marriages, friendships, obsessions, submissions, and much more - brought to life through the exquisite writing of a true literary master.

A short, thought-provoking tale picked up by the author during his many travels, Demir-Kaia leaves the listener with some questions about ethics, mercy, and redemption that are still applicable today.

Be careful what you wish for when you say you want someone to love you to death. Such is the warning by Alexander Kuprin, issued in this beautifully written and poignant story.

Can an ordinary object - a watch, a piece of furniture, or an old rug - change the course of one's life? "Listen and find out" suggests an underappreciated master of Russian classical literature, Alexander Kuprin.

A Goya painting come to life, Crimson Blood offers a larger-than-life portrayal of a Spanish bullfight in all its glorious, vibrant, cruel, gory, and ecstatic details.

Come away to ancient Jerusalem in the time of King Solomon - a city of great splendor and great squalor, of many gods and goddesses, of paupers and kings. Behold the beating heart of the Middle East, whose economic and political affairs reach far and wide and impact lands hundreds of miles away. Barbarism and wisdom. Lust and love. The most senseless violence and the most exquisite wisdom. All are joined together in Alexander Kuprin's brilliant Sulamyth.

"Granatovyy braslet" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu romanu.

Izdanie soderzhit rasskaz Aleksandra Kuprina "Doznanie" iz armejskoj prozy pisatelja. Istorija krazhi soldatom-tatarinom pary golenishh i 37 kopeek den'gami. Podporuchik Kozlovskij, kotoryj byl naznachen proizvodit' doznanie, byl molodym oficerom, kotoryj smushhalsja pered svidetelem, starym fel'dfebelem, i pered svoej zadachej. Nastojashhih ulik protiv tatarina ne bylo, no Kozlovskij hotel proizvesti doznanie po forme, t.e. poluchit' soznanie obvinjaemogo.

Izdanie soderzhit povest' Aleksandra Kuprina "Praporshhik armejskij", kotoraja napisana v forme dnevnika bezotvetno vljublennogo pehotnogo poruchika Lapshina i pisem ego vozljublennoj Kjet k podruge Lidii: vsjo jeto jakoby bylo obnaruzheno na cherdake v nebol'shom hutore v Z-skom uezde Podol'skoj gubernii i otnositsja k "sobytijam, proishodivshim let za dvadcat' pjat' do nashih dnej" - t. e. primerno k 1872 godu.

Izdanie soderzhit znamenityj shpionskij detektiv vydajushhegosja russkogo pisatelja Aleksandra Ivanovicha Kuprina (1870 - 1938). Dejstvie proishodit vo vremja russko-japonskoj vojny. Boevoj oficer, ranenyj na fronte, shtabs-kapitan Rybnikov, vedet strannuju zhizn'... Jetot rasskaz sluzhit nachalom populjarnogo romana talantlivogo sovremennogo pisatelja Borisa Akunina «Almaznaja kolesnica».

Izdanie soderzhit znamenituju povest' Aleksandra Kuprina "Na perelome (kadety)" iz armejskoj prozy pisatelja. Ucheba v kadetskom korpuse, trudnosti i nevzgody pri stanovlenii budushhego oficera russkoj armii - vot osnovnye sjuzhetnye linii proizvedenija. Povest' iskljuchitel'no aktual'na dlja sovremennoj Rossii.

Izdanie soderzhit znamenityj rasskaz Aleksandra Kuprina "Breget" iz armejskoj prozy pisatelja. Glavnoj temoj rasskaza A.I.Kuprina "Breget" javljaetsja ponjatie o oficerskoj chesti, kotoraja vo mnogie vremena schitalas' znachimoj dlja ljubogo voennogo. V rasskaze "Breget" opisyvaetsja gusarskaja pirushka, vo vremja kotoroj kornet graf Ol'hovskij pohvaljaetsja redkimi chasami Breguet, a zatem k svoemu bol'shomu udivleniju ne nahodit ih v karmane.

Izdanie soderzhit rasskaz Aleksandra Kuprina "Pohod" iz armejskoj prozy pisatelja. V rasskaze "Pohod" Aleksandr Kuprin rasskazyvaet o zhizni russkoj armii i neprostyh vzaimootnoshenijah mezhdu soldatami i oficerami.

The collection of works by prominent Russian writer Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) includes the story "The Garnet Bracelet" and the story "Gambrinus", relating to the best works of the writer.

This audiobook contains a collection of works by outstanding Russian writer Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938), including his stories about the circus, "Allez!" and "Lolly", and the famous novel Moloch. Arguably the writer's best works.