Thread: New Russian-English books in ParallelBook format

The slightly "archaic" style of this story is not that of Pushkin himself, but of Belkin, a fictional author of "Tales of Belkin". As a matter of fact, this style is more ironic than archaic and a part of the image of Belkin made by Pushkin. As a Russian, I think that the language used in this story is 99% modern Russian. Combined with that the story is fascinating itself I can recommend it for parallel reading even if your level of Russian is below intermediate. Remember, parallel reading doesn't require you to memorize everything you read.
P. S. To be honest, the *very* first book in English and Russian I have finished was "Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov, 17500+ fragments (English translation by R. Pevear, 1997). To my shame, I didn't know that creating a derivative book was violating copyrights of the original authors and translators. When I got to know this I had to remove that book from the list (imagine how much work has been done in vain).

Originally Posted by Inego

The slightly "archaic" style of this story is not that of Pushkin himself, but of Belkin, a fictional author of Tales of Belkin". As a matter of fact, this style is more ironic than archaic and a part of the image of Belkin made by Pushkin. As a Russian, I think that the language used in this story is 99% modern Russian.

It is not a matter of big importance for a person learning Russian whether it is Pushkin's or Belkin's style.

Do you claim that the words and expressions that I mentioned are used in the modern Russian language? Which of them? We could count the percentage of them in your passage. But I guess it will be much more than 1%.

Bulgakov is certainly modern in this regard.