Open this book—and summer will burst into your life, no matter what season you’re reading in! Here you’ll find the sunniest and most heartfelt stories by Russian classics: about family trips to the dacha and rural life, about dates and resort romances. These texts bring you back to the simple joys of summer—a blooming garden, a small river, tea with strawberry jam—and seem to be filled with the scent of mown grass and ripe berries, the hum of bees, and the heat of midday haze.