Russian Lit 101
Explore the best of Russian literature with Russian Lit 101—a curated list of essential classic books, from Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and Tolstoy's War and Peace to Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. Dive into timeless fiction and literary criticism.
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War and Peace
by graf Leo Tolstoy
Presents the classical epic of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on four Russian families
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Anna Karenin
by graf Leo Tolstoy
A beautiful, passionate Russian woman escapes the restrictions and boredom of her marriage through a love affair with a charming soldier
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The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Revealing Dostoevsky's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, this new translation is meticulously faithful to the original.
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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Originally published: Dana Point, Calif.: Ardis, 1995.
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Dead Souls
by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
Few literary works have been so variously interpreted as Nikolai Gogol's enduring comic masterpiece, Dead Souls.