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Ours by Sergei Dovlatov
Page Count: 135Year: 1983The book contains stories about ten of the author’s relatives. The great-grandfather, a tailor, made a failed attempt to serve Lenin. The maternal grandfather worked as a teacher in the USA and had an affair with a Black woman before returning to the USSR. The book details the father’s theatrical work and his problems with […]
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Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Page Count: 224Year: 1962This is a literary detective story told in the form of a poem and a commentary. The poem is “Pale Fire,” written by the recently murdered poet John Shade. The commentary is written by his delusional neighbor, Charles Kinbote, who claims to be the exiled King Charles II of Zembla, hiding from an assassin. Kinbote […]
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Peter the First by Aleksey Tolstoy
Page Count: 776Year: 1934The story begins in the archaic, stifling world of 17th-century Muscovy, ruled by Tsarevna Sophia, where young Peter is little more than a boisterous boy more interested in soldiers and ships than statecraft. The narrative follows his fiery ascent to power, portraying not just the Tsar’s ruthless reforms—the Great Embassy, the Streltsy Uprisings, the foundations […]
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Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
Page Count: 208Year: 1957Meet Timofey Pavlovich Pnin, a Russian émigré, professor of Russian literature at the quaint American Waindell College, and one of the most endearing and hapless figures in 20th-century fiction. Pnin is a true intellectual of the old school—erudite, meticulous, and agonizingly vulnerable—but hopelessly clumsy when navigating the chaos of American life, from mastering the English […]
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Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Page Count: 190Year: 1846The story documents the poignant and ultimately tragic relationship between Makar Devushkin, an aging, poor government clerk who earns his living by tedious copying, and Varvara Dobroselova (Varenka), a young, impoverished orphan earning her keep by sewing. Though they are separated only by a courtyard, their correspondence becomes their entire world, a vital means of […]
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Pushkin Hills by Sergei Dovlatov
Page Count: 128Year: 1985The main character, the writer Boris Alikhanov, takes a job as a guide at the Pushkin Reserve. He leaves Leningrad, fleeing his divorce and the emigration of his wife and daughter. The book describes his service as a guide, his drinking, and conflicts with colleagues. He awaits the final arrival of his wife to finalize […]
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Pushkin House by Andrei Bitov
Page Count: 414Year: 1987The philologist Lyova Odoevtsev lives in Leningrad, attempting to find his identity in the shadow of his famous academic grandfather and scientist father. The main conflict is his strained relationship with Mitishatyev, a cynical and talented foil. Mitishatyev steals Lyova’s scholarly work, provokes him, and drags him into personal disputes. The plot culminates in a […]
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Requiem by Anna Akhmatova
Page Count: 78Year: 1963The poem cycle begins with the arrest of her son and the start of the mother’s seven years of waiting outside the Leningrad prisons. Akhmatova records the conversations and suffering of other women in the lines. The poem references the execution of the poet’s husband in 1921. The climax of the cycle is the poet’s […]
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Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
Page Count: 496Year: 1899Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov, a wealthy nobleman, sits on a jury that convicts a prostitute named Katerina Maslova of murder. He is instantly horrified when he recognizes her as the innocent young servant girl he seduced and abandoned years earlier—an act that started her descent into poverty and crime. Overwhelmed by moral guilt and a spiritual […]
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Rudin by Ivan Turgenev
Page Count: 177Year: 1856Dmitri Rudin bursts onto the scene at the quiet country estate of Darya Lasunskaya, a wealthy, pretentious society hostess. Possessing brilliant eloquence, profound learning, and an electrifying passion for philosophical and social ideals, Rudin immediately captivates everyone, especially the young, sensitive Natalia, who falls deeply in love with his words and his vision for a […]
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Ruslan and Ludmila by Alexander Pushkin
Page Count: 240Year: 1820At the feast celebrating his wedding to the beautiful daughter of Prince Vladimir, the mighty warrior Ruslan is robbed of his bride, Lyudmila, who vanishes without a trace, spirited away by a malevolent, unseen force. Heartbroken, Ruslan and his three envious rivals—the fierce Rogday, the boastful Farlaf, and the passionate Ratmir—set out on separate, perilous […]
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Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov
Page Count: 320Year: 1903Praised by Tolstoy as an “incomparable artist”, Chekhov is considered one of the masters of the short story. This collection features twenty of his most noted stories, including The Confession, Ninotchka, and The Cure for Drinking. Browse the table of contents, check the quotes, read the first chapter, find out which famous book it is similar to, […]
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