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soJourNer truth
c. 1797 – 1883, american
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Nell Irvin Painter
Sojourner Truth’s landmark narrative,
dictated to a neighbor, chronicles her
experiences as a slave in upstate New
York and her transformation into a wellknown
abolitionist, feminist, orator, and
preacher. This unique volume is based on
the most complete text, the 1884 edition
of the Narrative.
288 pp. 978-0-14-043678-5 $11.00
MarINa tsvetayeva
1892 – 1941, Russian
Selected Poems
Translated with an Introduction by
Elaine Feinstein
An admired contemporary of Rilke,
Akhmatova, and Mandelstam, Russian
poet Marina Tsvetayeva bore witness
to the turmoil and devastation of the
Revolution, and chronicled her difficult
life in exile, sustained by the inspiration
and power of her modern verse.
160 pp. 978-0-14-018759-5 $15.00
See Li Po.
tu Fu
244 penguin classics
IvaN turGeNev
1818 – 1883, Russian
*Fathers and Sons
Translated by Peter Carson
Introduction by Rosamund Bartlett
Afterword by Tatiana Tolstaya
When Arkady Petrovich returns home
from college, his father finds his eager,
naïve son changed almost beyond
recognition, for the impressionable young
Arkady has fallen under the powerful
influence of the friend he has brought
home with him. This new translation
of Turgenev’s masterpiece includes an
afterword by the great Russian intellectual
Tatiana Tolstaya.
336 pp. 978-0-14-144133-7 $13.00
First Love
Translated by Isaiah Berlin with an
Introduction by V. S. Pritchett
Isaiah Berlin’s translation reproduces in
finely wrought English the original story’s
simplicity, lyricism, and sensitivity.
112 pp. 978-0-14-044335-6 $10.00
Home of the Gentry
Translated by Richard Freeborn
Through the story of one man, Turgenev
describes a whole generation of Russians
who discover the emptiness of European
ideas and long for a reconciliation with
their homeland.
208 pp. 978-0-14-044224-3 $15.00