A Very Russian Christmas: The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time (Very Christmas #1) by Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Klavdia Lukashevich, Vladimir

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.