Download or read book Three Russian Tales of the Eighteenth Century written by Mikhail Chulkov and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, translator David Gasperetti presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-18th-century Russia. These three works outline the beginnings of modern prose fiction in Russia and illuminate the literary culture that would give rise to the Golden Age of Russian letters.