Library of Adventures
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The Library of Adventures (Russian: Библиотека приключений, tr. Biblioteka priklyuchenii) is a popular series of adventure novels published by Detgiz in the Soviet Union in 1955 and reprinted in 1981.[1] The series, much sought after by Soviet book collectors, comprised twenty books, more or less accurately reflecting the tastes of an adolescent Russophone readership.[attribution needed]
- Alexandre Dumas, père. The Three Musketeers.
- Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Aleksei Tolstoy. The Garin Death Ray. Aelita.
- Anatoly Rybakov. The Dagger. The Bronze Bird.
- Vladimir Obruchev. Plutonia. Sannikov Land.
- Veniamin Kaverin. The Two Captains.
- Walter Scott. Quentin Durward.
- Rider Haggard. King Solomon's Mines. Fair Margaret.
- Gustave Aimard. Gambusino. Stronghand.
- Georgy Adamov. The Mystery of Two Oceans.
- Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
- Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels.
- Jules Verne. In Search of the Castaways.
- Ivan Efremov. The Land of Foam. The Starships.
- Louis Boussenard. The Diamond Raiders.
- Thomas Mayne Reid. Osceola.
- Mark Twain. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. The Black Arrow.
- Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- James Fenimore Cooper. The Last of the Mohicans.
References[edit]
- ^ "What Soviet Children Read", The USSR, No. 6 (57), June 1961, p. 32. Retrieved 27 February 2022.