Audiobooks by Mikhail Bulgakov

"A biting satire of Soviet ambition – Bulgakov’s novella explores the perils of tampering with nature and ideology. In Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov presents a darkly comic tale set in 1920s Moscow. A renowned surgeon, Professor Preobrazhensky, conducts an experiment to transform a stray dog into a human by transplanting human organs. The result is Sharikov, a crude and disruptive figure who embodies the unintended consequences of forced social engineering. Through this transformation, Bulgakov critiques the Soviet regime's attempts to reshape society and human nature. The novella serves as an allegory for the dangers of unchecked scientific experimentation and the hubris of ideological zeal. After listening to this book, you will learn: • the satirical parallels between science and Soviet politics; • the ethical dilemmas of human experimentation; • the complexities of identity and transformation; • the consequences of imposing ideology on nature; • the enduring relevance of Bulgakov's critique in modern contexts. Heart of a Dog is a compelling exploration of the intersection between science, politics, and morality, offering insights that resonate far beyond its historical setting."

Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Petr Filin (Narrator)

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Mikhail Bulgakov. Short Stories Collection: The Cup of Life, Komarov Case, Moscow Settings, Psalm, M

"Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities. Bulgakov's short stories are a world unto themselves—sharp, witty, and often unsettling. In these pages, the absurdity of Soviet life collides with the supernatural, the grotesque meets the comic, and reality is always just a step away from slipping into nightmare. His prose is alive with irony, his characters caught between fate and farce. From the eerie intrigue of Seance to the biting social satire of The Beer Story, from the tragicomic twists of Shifting Accommodation to the philosophical undertones of Psalm, this collection offers a glimpse into Bulgakov's early genius. Each story is a window into the chaotic, sometimes surreal existence of the Soviet era, where bureaucracy, ideology, and human folly create a theater of the absurd. Whether mocking the rigid structures of Soviet authority or weaving in mystical elements, Bulgakov remains a master of contrast—his humor is laced with darkness, his tragedy softened by laughter. These stories, written in the 1920s and early 1930s, bear the marks of an era that sought to silence him. And yet, here they are—brilliant, subversive, and impossible to forget. Content: • The Cup of Life • Komarov Case • Moscow Settings • Psalm • Moonshine Springs • Seance • Shifting Accommodation • The Beer Story • The Embroidered Towel"

Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Mark Bowen, Peter Coates (Narrator)

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50 Great Russian Short Stories: Notes From The Underground, The Death Of Ivan Ilyich, The Lady With

"The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN THE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST'S CHRISTMAS TREE Leo Tolstoy THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH A LETTER TO A HINDU A CONFESSION GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY Anton Chekhov THE LADY WITH THE DOG A SLANDER THE HORSE-STEALERS THE PETCHENYEG A DEAD BODY A HAPPY ENDING THE LOOKING-GLASS OLD AGE DARKNESS THE BEGGAR IN TROUBLE FROST MINDS IN FERMENT GONE ASTRAY AN AVENGER THE JEUNE PREMIER A DEFENCELESS CREATURE AN ENIGMATIC NATURE A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR'S END A STORY WITHOUT A TITLE VANKA Ivan Turgenev FIRST LOVE THE DISTRICT DOCTOR MUMU Nikolay Gogol THE MANTLE MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN THE NOSE A MAY NIGHT THE CLOAK THE VIY CHRISTMAS EVE THE VIY Alexsandr Pushkin THE QUEEN OF SPADES Maxim Gorky ONE AUTUMN NIGHT HER LOVER Leonid Andreyev LAZARUS THE LITTLE ANGEL Aleksandr Kuprin THE OUTRAGE Mikhail Bulgakov THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL Ivan Bunin THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS"

Aleksandr Kuprin, Alexsandr Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Nikolay Gogol (Author), Anthony Bottoms, Belinda Hillman, British Voice, Jason Dettrey, Joe Phoenix, Mark Bowen, Michael Goodrick, Mike Hogan, Peter Coates, Richard Williams, Sharon Plummer, Trevor O'Hare (Narrator)

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50 Stories from Russia's Greatest Authors: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Notes From the Underground

"This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground, Ivan Turgenev. First Love, Alexander Pushkin. The Queen of Spades, Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy. A Russian Christmas Party, Anton Chekhov. The Wife, Anton Chekhov. A Dead Body, Anton Chekhov. The Beggar, Leonid Andreyev. The Little Angel, Nikolai Gogol. The Nose, Nikolai Gogol. The Cloak, Nikolai Gogol. The Mantle, Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel – from A Young Doctor's Notebook and others. Contents: Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Notes From the Underground - The Christmas Tree and the Wedding Ivan Turgenev - Mumu - First Love - The District Doctor Aleksandr Kuprin - The Outrage Alexander Pushkin - The Queen of Spades Leo Tolstoy - A Letter to a Hindu - The Death of Ivan Ilych - God Sees the Truth - But Waits - A Russian Christmas Party Anton Chekhov - The Wife - The Slander - The Horse-Stealers - The Petchenyeg - A Dead Body - A Happy Ending T - he Looking-Glass - Old Age - Darkness - The Beggar - In Trouble - Frost - Minds in Ferment - Gone Astray - An Avenger - The Jeune Premier - A Defenceless Creature - An Enigmatic Nature - A Happy Man - A Troublesome Visitor - An Actor's End - Vanka - A Country Cottage - Fat and Thin - Nerves - The Doctor - About Love - The Lottery Ticket Leonid Andreyev - The Little Angel - Lazarus Maxim Gorky - One Autumn Night - Her Lover Mikhail Bulgakov - The Embroidered Towel Nikolai Gogol - Christmas Eve - The Nose - A May Night - The Cloak - The Viy"

Aleksandr Kuprin, Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol (Author), Antony Bottoms, Belinda Hillman, Jason Dettrey, Joe Phoenix, John Broun, John Lingua, Judy Kriz, Mark Bowen, Michael Goodrick, Mike Hogan, Peter Coates, Richard Williams, Rick Walz, Sharon Plummer, Trevor O' Hare (Narrator)

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The Heart of a Dog

"A well-to-do professor working in Moscow strikes up an unlikely friendship with a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man into the dog. With a wild, but alarmingly human animal on the loose, the professor's previously respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond his imagination. A suberp satirical novel, it is also a sharp and pointed criticism of Soviet society, especially the new rich that arose after the Bolshevik revolution."

Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Ben Allen (Narrator)

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25+ The World's Greatest Short Stories. Vol. 1: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Gold Bug, Daisy Mil

"Contents: - Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug - Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp - Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper - Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog - D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer - James Joyce. Araby - Ivan Turgenev. First Love - Nikolay Gogol. The Mantle - Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel - Ivan Bunin. The Gentleman from San Francisco - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Carmilla - O.Henry. The Gift of the Magi - Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - H.G. Wells. The Magic Shop - W.W. Jacobs. The Monkey's Paw - Arthur Conan Doyle. His Last Bow - Henry James. Daisy Miller - H.P. Lovecraft. The Call of Cthulhu - Alexsandr Pushkin. The Queen of Spades - G.K. Chesterton. The Blue Cross"

Alexander Pushkin, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Anton Chekhov, Bret Harte, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Herman Melville, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Turgenev, James Joyce, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol, O. Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving, William Wymark Jacobs (Author), David McCord, David Miles, Frank Bailey, Jason Dettrey, Jeremy Albret, Jim Girard, Joanne Thompson, Joe Phoenix, John Lingua, Judy Kriz, Mark Bowen, Martina Mercer-Hall, Michael Goodrick, Mike Hogan, Paul Gibson, Peter Coates, Richard Williams, Sharon Plummer (Narrator)

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[Russian] - A Young Doctor's Notebook [Russian Edition]

Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Viktor Rakov (Narrator)

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Doctors As The Protagonists – Short Stories

"The Hippocratic oath is sacred. Until it’s not. Human foibles and frailties can quickly grow and make the Doctor into a romantic hero, or a despised villain, or hopeless professional in the face of what is around him.In this volume our protagonists are the people we look to for help and certainty when we are in distress and pain. Our authors place these characters in stories that are as relevant to our thoughts today as when they were first published. 1 - Stories with The Doctor as Protaganist - An Introduction2 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson3 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson4 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac5 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka6 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev8 - The Arm of Mrs Egan by W F Harvey9 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov10 - Green Tea - Part 1 by Sheridan Le Fanu11 - Green Tea - Part 2 by Sheridan Le Fanu12 - The Atheist's Mass by Honore de Balzac"

Franz Kafka, Honore de Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Psychological Russian Stories Not by Dostoyevsky

"In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit. Each of their works is laden with talent, has purpose, and is rich and textured in this gloried niche of literature.1 - Psychological Russian Stories Not by Dostoyevsky - An Introduction2 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol3 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev4 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov5 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky6 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin7 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky8 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko9 - The Servant by S T Semyonov10 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev11 - The City by Leonid Andreyev12 - In the Steppe by Maxim Gorky13 - Silence by Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev14 - A Red Flower by Vsevolod Garshin"

I N Potapenko, Leonid Andreyev, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Nikolai Gogol, S T Semyonov, Vera Jelihovsky, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Psychological Stories

"What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end. 1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky3 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield4 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman6 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov7 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe8 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka9 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin10 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson11 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov12 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather13 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain15 - Seeds by Sherwood Anderson16 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards17 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit18 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon19 - The Mines of Falun - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman20 - The Mines of Falun - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman21 - Shut Out by F Anstey22 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson23 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield24 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky"

Amelia B. Edwards, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, F Anstey, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather (Author), Bill Wallis, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Foundations of Fiction - Russian Realism

"In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving. Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. Throughout literary history Russian writing has been both applauded and lauded as fiction of the first rank. It’s authors down the decades are many and each of them has consummate talents and knowledge that few, if any, can argue with. In this volume we present stories that explain and reveal Russian Realism, in ways that are absorbing, startling and capture a world with precise and literary verve.01 - Foundations of Fiction - Russian Realism - An Introduction2 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy3 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov4 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky5 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev6 - Old Fashioned Landowners by Nikolai Gogol7 - The City by Leonid Andreyev8 - Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky9 - Gentle Breathing by Ivan Bunin10 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin11 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev12 - Dethroned by I N Potapenko13 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky14 - Misery by Anton Chekhov15 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev16 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev17 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov18 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov19 - Aloysha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy20 - The Peasant Marey by Fyodor Dostoyevsky21 - Her Lover by Maxim Gorky22 - About Love by Anton Chekhov23 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev24 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov25 - Silence by Leonid Andreyev"

Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, I N Potapenko, Ivan Bunin, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev, Nikolai Gogol, Vera Jelihovsky, Vsevolod Garshin (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Diaboliad [Дьяволиада]

"Дьяволиада Михаила Булгакова - это повесть-гротеск, смешная и горькая сатира на государственную бюрократию. Автор показывает беззащитность и бессилие обыкновенного человека перед могуществом самородящегося и самонастраивающегося бюрократического аппарата. Но самое ужасное состоит в том, что люди привыкают к системе отношений, им насаждаемых, и начинают считать их естественными, какие бы фантастически уродливые формы они ни принимали."

Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Vadim Yakovlev (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Mikhail Bulgakov

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