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The book is about a girl who was unhappy and sick, for which doctors have no cure. Finally it was the bond she forged with an elephant that helped her overcome the indifference to life. The original story is by Aleksandr Kuprin, a prominent Russian author from the early 20th century. However, this book has been rewritten, in parts, to make it palatable to the modern readers.
Most importantly, the original illustrations have completely been replaced by cartoon illustrations generated/transformed by Artificial Intelligence. The intent was to make the original story a fun read for people of all ages.
Most importantly, the original illustrations have completely been replaced by cartoon illustrations generated/transformed by Artificial Intelligence. The intent was to make the original story a fun read for people of all ages.
32 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1907
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About the author
Aleksandr Kuprin
841听books151听followersAleksandr Kuprin (Russian: 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉 袠胁邪薪芯胁懈褔 袣褍锌褉懈薪; 7 September 1870 in the village of Narovchat in the Penza Oblast - August 25, 1938 in Leningrad) was a Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer who is perhaps best known for his story The Duel (1905). Other well-known works include Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), Junior Captain Rybnikov (1906), Emerald (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) (which was made into a 1965 movie). Vladimir Nabokov styled him the Russian Kipling for his stories about pathetic adventure-seekers, who are often "neurotic and vulnerable."
Kuprin was a son of Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin, a minor government official who died of cholera during 1871 at the age of thirty-seven years. His mother, Liubov' Alekseevna Kuprina, Tatar princess (of the Kulunchakovs), like many other nobles in Russia, had lost most of her wealth during the 19th century. Kuprin attended the Razumovsky boarding school during 1876, and during 1880 finished his education in the Second Moscow Military High School (Cadet Corps) and Alexander Military School, spending a total of ten years in these elite military institutions. His first short story, The Last Debut, was published during 1889 in a satirical periodical. "In February 1902, Kuprin and Maria Karlovna Davydova were married, their daughter Lidia born in 1903." Kuprin's mother died during 1910.
Kuprin ended military service during 1894, after which he tried many types of job, including provincial journalism, dental care, land surveying, acting, circus performer, church singer, doctor, hunter, fisher, etc. Reportedly, "all of these were subsequently reflected in his fiction." His first essays were published in Kiev in two collections. Reportedly, "although he lived in an age when writers were carried away by literary experiments, Kuprin did not seek innovation and wrote only about the things he himself had experienced and his heroes are the next generation after Chekhov's pessimists."
Although the 1896 short story Moloch first made his name known as a writer, it was his novel The Duel (1905) which made him famous. "Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. After publication of The Duel he paid less and less interest to fancy literature and began to spend time in pubs and brothels. His sensationalist novel about the lurid life of prostitutes, The Pit (1915), was accused by Russian critics of excessive Naturalism.
Although not a conservative, he did not agree with Bolshevism. While working for a brief time with Maxim Gorky at the World Literature publishing company, he criticized the Soviet regime. During spring 1919, from Gatchina near Petrograd, Kuprin left the country for France. He lived in Paris for most of the next 17 years, succumbing to alcoholism. He wrote about this in much of his work. He eventually returned to Moscow on May 31, 1937, just a year before his death, at the height of the Great Purge. His return earned publication of his works within the Soviet Union.
Kuprin died during the spring of 1938 in Leningrad and is interred near his fellow writers at the Literaturskiye Mostki in the Volkovo Cemetery (Volkovskoye Memorial Cemetery) in Leningrad. A minor planet 3618 Kuprin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after him.
Reportedly, "even today, Alexander Kuprin remains one of the widest read classics in Russian literature", with many films based on his works, "which are also read over the radio", partly due to "his vivid stories of the lives of ordinary people and unhappy love, his descriptions of the military and brothels, making him a writer for all times and places."
Kuprin was a son of Ivan Ivanovich Kuprin, a minor government official who died of cholera during 1871 at the age of thirty-seven years. His mother, Liubov' Alekseevna Kuprina, Tatar princess (of the Kulunchakovs), like many other nobles in Russia, had lost most of her wealth during the 19th century. Kuprin attended the Razumovsky boarding school during 1876, and during 1880 finished his education in the Second Moscow Military High School (Cadet Corps) and Alexander Military School, spending a total of ten years in these elite military institutions. His first short story, The Last Debut, was published during 1889 in a satirical periodical. "In February 1902, Kuprin and Maria Karlovna Davydova were married, their daughter Lidia born in 1903." Kuprin's mother died during 1910.
Kuprin ended military service during 1894, after which he tried many types of job, including provincial journalism, dental care, land surveying, acting, circus performer, church singer, doctor, hunter, fisher, etc. Reportedly, "all of these were subsequently reflected in his fiction." His first essays were published in Kiev in two collections. Reportedly, "although he lived in an age when writers were carried away by literary experiments, Kuprin did not seek innovation and wrote only about the things he himself had experienced and his heroes are the next generation after Chekhov's pessimists."
Although the 1896 short story Moloch first made his name known as a writer, it was his novel The Duel (1905) which made him famous. "Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. After publication of The Duel he paid less and less interest to fancy literature and began to spend time in pubs and brothels. His sensationalist novel about the lurid life of prostitutes, The Pit (1915), was accused by Russian critics of excessive Naturalism.
Although not a conservative, he did not agree with Bolshevism. While working for a brief time with Maxim Gorky at the World Literature publishing company, he criticized the Soviet regime. During spring 1919, from Gatchina near Petrograd, Kuprin left the country for France. He lived in Paris for most of the next 17 years, succumbing to alcoholism. He wrote about this in much of his work. He eventually returned to Moscow on May 31, 1937, just a year before his death, at the height of the Great Purge. His return earned publication of his works within the Soviet Union.
Kuprin died during the spring of 1938 in Leningrad and is interred near his fellow writers at the Literaturskiye Mostki in the Volkovo Cemetery (Volkovskoye Memorial Cemetery) in Leningrad. A minor planet 3618 Kuprin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after him.
Reportedly, "even today, Alexander Kuprin remains one of the widest read classics in Russian literature", with many films based on his works, "which are also read over the radio", partly due to "his vivid stories of the lives of ordinary people and unhappy love, his descriptions of the military and brothels, making him a writer for all times and places."
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August 25, 2017
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October 15, 2017
小泻邪蟹泻邪: 褋泻邪卸械褌 褔懈褌邪褌械谢褜. 校褋褌褍锌泻懈 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪褘, 褋写械谢邪泄 胁褋褢 写谢褟 懈褏 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈褟. 小谢芯薪 胁褋械谐写邪 屑芯卸械褌 锌芯褟胁懈褌褜褋褟, 谐写械 械谐芯 薪械 卸写褍褌. 袧械 懈屑械械褌 蟹薪邪褔械薪懈褟 泻邪泻懈屑懈 锌芯褋谢械写褋褌胁懈褟屑懈 褝褌芯 芯斜械褉薪褢褌褋褟. 袪械斜褢薪芯泻 芯泻邪卸械褌褋褟 褋褔邪褋褌谢懈胁, 锌械褉械褋褌邪薪械褌 褏邪薪写褉懈褌褜 懈 锌芯锌褉邪胁懈褌褋褟. 袧芯 谢褞写懈 胁芯泻褉褍谐 薪械谐芯 褍卸械 褋芯褕谢懈 褋 褍屑邪 芯褌 懈褋泻邪卸褢薪薪芯泄 泻邪褉褌懈薪褘 屑懈褉芯胁芯褋锌褉懈褟褌懈褟. 袨薪懈 锌芯谐褉褍卸邪褞褌褋褟 胁 屑褘褋谢懈 芯 薪械胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯屑, 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁谢褟褟, 褟泻芯斜褘 褋谢芯薪 锌芯写邪褌谢懈胁 懈 褋芯胁械褉褕邪械褌 褌褉械斜褍械屑褘械 芯褌 薪械谐芯 写械泄褋褌胁懈褟. 袪械斜褢薪芯泻 胁 褋邪屑芯屑 写械谢械 胁褘蟹写芯褉芯胁械谢, 褌芯谢褜泻芯 泻邪泻 斜褘褌褜 褌械锌械褉褜 褋芯 褋谢芯薪芯屑?
January 9, 2021
As a child, I had this book in Romanian. My mother must have given it away, but I longed to have it back and I managed to find this edition - in Spanish. It was special to me because I was often I'll and spent my time in bed, couldn't eat much, but my grandmother made me feel better by bringing me books.
As an adult, I no longer enjoy it so much, but it makes me somewhat nostalgic.
As an adult, I no longer enjoy it so much, but it makes me somewhat nostalgic.
January 19, 2022
The Elephant by Aleksandr Kuprin- Illustrator David Borovsky- Russian to English translator Fainna Solasko- English to Hindi language translator Yogendra Nagpal- Children鈥檚 Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The Book narrates the story of a six -year old girl named Nadia daughter of Sasha who is ill. She is under the treatment of Dr. Mickhail Petrovich. Doctor is tall, white hair and wears golden framed spectacles. On some days, the Doctor visits her alone and some days his assistants arrive with him. Doctor is unable to diagnose the ailment with which she is suffering. Nadia is always sad. Therefore, he suggests to his parents that they must enquire and fulfil her wishes. Her parents enquire whether she wants dolls, toys or they should invite her friends Katya & Jenya to come to her residence. She refuses and lies down on the bed. Nadia dreams that she is with an elephant. In the morning, she informs her parents about her dream and requests them to bring an elephant to her house to play with her. Her father asks her mother Olga to bring his clothes. Her mother Masha brings his clothes and he goes to the market, buys a toy elephant for her but Nadia refuses the elephant and demands a live elephant. Sasha visits a circus show and finds that the German owner of the circus owns three elephants. He tells the owner about Tanya鈥檚 condition and proposes that the youngest elephant be sent to his house. Circus owner asks him to make proper arrangements and permissions from Police & local authorities. Circus owner says that he has a 6-year old daughter Liza therefore, he will send his elephant. At Nadia鈥檚 residence, the elephant has to climb the stairs. Sasha provides a fruit cake to the German. He gives 录 cake to the elephant who eats it. Nadia wakes up and her mother informs her that the elephant has arrived, therefore, she must dress up, eat and be ready. Nadia agrees and is soon ready to meet the elephant. Nadia sits in baby trolley and comes to the large lunch room and views the elephant. Nadia is not afraid of the elephant. With the help of the German, she touches the elephant鈥檚 trunk in a show of friendship. Elephant鈥檚 name is Tommy. Nadia claps her hands. She is happy in Tommy鈥檚 company. Sasha brings 6- pieces of sweet bread for Tommy. Nadia introduces her dolls Sonya & Matrayoska with Tommy. Tommy sits down and eats his lunch. Nadia also eats her lunch. Nadia goes to sleep and dreams that she has married Tommy and has many children. When Nadia wakes up in the morning, she finds that her sadness has evaporated. She enquires about Tommy. Nadia eats her breakfast and is happy. Coloured illustrations help the reader in relating to the story. I have the Hindi translation of this book.
June 20, 2021
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August 3, 2021
Next time it'll be a diplodocus.
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August 17, 2022A great reading book for kids. It is entertaining and inspiring, soul atoning.
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December 10, 2023
賯氐丞 賱賱兀胤賮丕賱 禺賷丕賱賴丕 噩賲賷賱 賵爻丕丨乇 丕爻鬲賲毓鬲 亘賴丕
December 16, 2023
协褌芯 锌褉芯褋褌邪褟 褋泻邪蟹泻邪 写谢褟 写械褌械泄. 褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 芯褔械薪褜 褉邪写 褔褌芯 褟 屑芯谐 褝褌芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌褜 褋胁芯斜芯写薪褘.
October 31, 2014
效褌芯 写械谢邪褌褜, 械褋谢懈 蟹邪斜芯谢械胁褕懈泄 薪械 锌芯写写邪褞褖懈泄褋褟 谢械褔械薪懈褞 褉械斜褢薪芯泻 蟹邪褏芯褌械谢 褋谢芯薪邪? 袣邪泻 斜褘褌褜, 械褋谢懈 泻褉芯屑械 褋谢芯薪邪, 褍 褍谐邪褋邪褞褖械泄 写械胁芯褔泻懈 薪械褌 薪懈泻邪泻懈褏 卸械谢邪薪懈泄? 袩械褉械写 褝褌懈屑懈 胁芯锌褉芯褋邪屑懈 锌芯褋褌邪胁懈谢邪 屑邪谢械薪褜泻邪褟 袧邪写褟 褋胁芯懈褏 褉芯写懈褌械谢械泄. 袣褍锌褉懈薪 写芯胁芯谢褜薪芯 褌褉芯谐邪褌械谢褜薪芯 锌芯胁械写邪谢 芯 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯屑 卸械谢邪薪懈懈 褉械斜褢薪泻邪, 芯 褉芯写懈褌械谢褟褏 褋褌芯谢泻薪褍胁褕懈褏褋褟 褋 褝褌懈屑 卸械谢邪薪懈械屑 , 薪芯 谐谢邪胁薪褘屑 芯斜褉邪蟹芯屑 芯斜 芯褌褑械. 袪邪褋褋泻邪蟹 锌芯胁械写邪械褌 芯 褌芯屑, 泻邪泻 懈褋锌芯谢薪械薪薪芯械 谢褞斜褟褖懈屑 芯褌褑芯屑 卸械谢邪薪懈械 胁械褉薪褍谢芯 泻 卸懈蟹薪懈 褉械斜褢薪泻邪.
October 12, 2015
袨褔械薪褜 写芯斜褉邪褟, 褋胁械褌谢邪褟 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟. 袛邪胁薪芯 懈蟹胁械褋褌薪芯, 泻邪泻 卸懈胁芯褌薪褘械 锌芯屑芯谐邪褞褌 胁褘蟹写芯褉芯胁械褌褜 斜芯谢褜薪褘屑 写械褌泻邪屑. 袧械屑薪芯谐芯 薪邪懈胁薪芯 懈 褋泻邪蟹芯褔薪芯, 薪芯 褌邪泻 褌褉芯谐邪褌械谢褜薪芯 懈 屑懈谢芯.
May 3, 2017
屑薪械 芯褔械薪褜 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜 褝褌芯褌 袪邪褋褋泻邪蟹 .
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