The Meek One: A Fantastic Story: An Annotated Russian Reader

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Julia Titus (Editor), Kristen Robinson (Illustrator)

Overview

This fully annotated paperback learner’s edition of Dostoevsky's short story The Meek One is intended for intermediate and advanced Russian students. In addition to the Russian text, the book includes an introduction discussing the story's historical context, literary significance, and critical response; an extensive glossary and a learner's dictionary; discussion questions; and vocabulary quizzes, exercises, and self-tests.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300162325
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	09/13/2011
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Julia Titus is senior lector in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.

Editorial Reviews

"Julia Titus' edition of The Meek One is an excellent annotated reader for students of Russian language and literature at the intermediate and advanced levels. The exercises are engaging, the annotations very useful and to the point."—Edna Andrews, PhD, Duke University, Professor of Linguistics & Cultural Anthropology

Duke University - Edna Andrews

"It clearly fills a need in the market because it is accessible, moderately priced, and requires a relatively low degree of proficiency in reading. . . . The Meek One: A Fantastic Story is an eminently user-friendly book, which will help readers gain a greater appreciation of Russian literature, the beauty of the Russian language, and the joy of learning in general."—Mary Helen Kashuba, SSJ, Chestnut Hill College, The NECTFL Review

The NECTFL Review - Mary Helen Kashuba

"The Meek One, as a single story, would be most appropriate as one of a number of texts for a 19th century literature class. The book itself has an informative brief biography of Dostoevsky as well as a well-laid-out two-column design…Titus also provides extensive explanatory notes that explain both cultural concepts and challenging linguistic formulations."—Russian Language Journal

Russian Language Journal

Julia Titus' edition of The Meek One is an excellent annotated reader for students of Russian language and literature at the intermediate and advanced levels. The exercises are engaging, the annotations very useful and to the point.—Edna Andrews, PhD, Duke University, Professor of Linguistics & Cultural Anthropology

— Edna Andrews

Duke University