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Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:06 pm

There is a lot of cheap audiobooks in russian with matching texts easily available. I discovered this treasure trove four years ago. Before that my study of russian was akin to the study of a dead language, heavy on grammar and vocabulary, and had stalled. Since then I have been reading books in russian by this way: While I am reading a book in russian, I am also listening it in russian. By doing that my listening comprehension of russian has enhanced and my enjoying has increased.

Yesterday I finished Огнем и мечом, a book by Henryk Sienkievicz, a polish writer better known as the author of Quo Vadis.

Today I have started reading and listening Огненный ангел, a book by Валерий Брюсов.

I welcome corrections in any language (english and russian)
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Mon Aug 30, 2021 1:56 am

August 29:

Preface and chapters 1,2,3 (73 pages).
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby IronMike » Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:45 am

I do this often. I buy mine from Litres. Very helpful.
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:02 am

IronMike wrote:I do this often. I buy mine from Litres. Very helpful.


I also buy my audiobooks and matching electronic texts there.

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August 30:

Chapters 4,5 (57 pages).
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:43 pm

August 31:

Chapters 6,7 (50 pages: 131-180).

Words I found and learned there:

дреко́льe = дубины, палки, копья в качестве оружия.
анало́й = lectern.
понука́ть = (impf.) to urge on, goad.
пучи́на = abyss.
за́светло = before nightfall/dark.
распина́ть/распя́ть = to crucify.
смерч = tornado.
благода́ть = (f.) grace (relig.)
ка́нуть = (pf.) to drop, sink.
уподобле́ние = likening, comparison.
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:45 am

September 1:

Chapters 8,9 (30 pages: 181-210).

Words I found and learned there:

отнёкиваться = (impf.) to refuse.
че́пчик = (women's) cap.
эфе́с = hilt, handle of sword/sabre.
блево́тина = vomit.
пря́xa = spinner.
блáговест = ringing of church bell
о́тповедь = reproof, rebuke

By the way, besides the last word above in todays installment, all the remainig compounds of -поведь are:

за́поведь = precept; commandment.
и́споведь = confession.
про́поведь = sermon; advocacy, propagation.
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Just_a_visitor » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:05 am

Eafonte wrote:... I finished Огнем и мечом, a book by Henryk Sienkievicz, a polish writer better known as the author of Quo Vadis.

Today I have started reading and listening Огненный ангел, a book by Валерий Брюсов.

I welcome corrections in any language (english and russian)

To say I'm impressed with your choice is to say nothing.
I read both of the books as a teenager and can't remember much, but what I would definitely say is that they can't be easy reading for a learner.

About Валерий Брюсов. For Russians, he's way better known as a poet, Огненный ангел being one of the two (?) pieces of prose he ever wrote. Besides, he was (or, was eager to be) a sort of trendsetter/organiser/manager (sorry, can't find the proper word) for fellow poets. An activist with strong leadership tendencies, that's what he was.

Just to add some cultural context, here's the link to Sergey Prokofyev's opera based on the novel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463ENWC9WRQ&t=126s
Sung in Russian with Russian subs.
Anyway, it's much shorter than the audiobook :)
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:17 pm

Just_a_visitor, спасибо на добром слове!

Мне очень нравится проза Брюсова. Она воплащает в себе искусство писать в повествовательном тоне с поэтическим оттенком. В неё часто встречаю упоительные обрывки, их много. От Брюсова я уже прочитал роман "Алтарь победы", незаконченый роман "Юпитер поверженный", и немного рассказов — "Моцарт", "Рейа Сильвия", "Последние страницы из дневника женщины". Очень рекомендую "Алтарь победы", исторический роман который читать мне посчастливилось прежде незнавшему автора. После окончания романа "Огненный ангел" я немедленно займусь чтением других писателей, но опять вернусь к Брюсову читать повесть "Обручение Даши" и научную фантастику "Гора Звезды".
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby Eafonte » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:23 am

September 2:

Chapters 10,11,12 (74 pages: 211-284).

Some words I found and learned there, worth mentioning:

препира́тельство = altercation, wrangling.
примости́ться = to find room for oneself in a crowded/inconvenient surrounding.
личи́на = mask; guise.
епитимья́ = наказания, которым грешника подвергает церковь.
затра́вивлать/затрави́ть = to hunt down; persecute
приспе́шник = (книжн.) сообщник
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Re: Russian by audiobooks with matching texts

Postby einzelne » Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:41 am

Omg, you're planning to read Gennady Gor! He's such an underestimated writer and his biography is interesting in its own way. He started as an avant-garde writer in 1920s but then, because of repressions, he dropped literally experiments and started to write more 'conventional' prose (aka social realism) and in 1950s he transformed himself into a sci-fi writer (but you can still detect a streak of weirdness in his prose — I'm reading his Изваяние now). There's a recent resurge of interest in his writings since a lot of his earlier more experimental works has been rediscovered and published.

PS. Also, I consider myself as an avid reader but it's the first time in my life that I see the word дреко́льe. I guess you don't need it:)
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