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Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
Resurrection is a Russian social novel that follows the life of Maslova, a woman whose fortunes swing between…
ReadMemoirs of the Empress Catherine II. Written by Herself
Empress of Russia Catherine II
The work is a first‑person memoir penned by Catherine II herself, the celebrated Empress of Russia who ruled…
Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy
The work is a Russian novella that opens in a frosty winter after St.
ReadThe Bet, and other stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The volume presents Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s short‑story collection, opening with a sprawling,…
The schoolmistress, and other stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The volume gathers Anton Chekhov’s short stories, and it begins with a vivid, almost cinematic sketch of a…
ReadThe great masters of Russian literature in the nineteenth century
Ernest Dupuy
The work is a scholarly survey of the emergence of a distinct Russian literary voice in the nineteenth…
ReadIndex of the Project Gutenberg Works of Leon Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
ReadThe Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Modest Chaikovskii
The volume is an edited, illustrated English edition of Modest Tchaikovsky’s monumental Russian biography of…
ReadFathers and Sons
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons is a work of historical fiction that dramatizes the clash between…
ReadStavrogin's Confession and The Plan of The Life of a Great Sinner With Introductory and Explanatory Notes
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This volume gathers three distinct pieces of Dostoevsky scholarship that were hidden in a Russian archive…
ReadAnthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2): From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century
Leo Wiener
This volume is a scholarly anthology that sets out to give English‑speaking readers a comprehensive overview…
The Inspector-General
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
The Inspector‑General is a comedy of Russian drama that quickly establishes its cultural weight by…
ReadThe Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume—1895-1899)
Leo Tolstoy
The first volume of Leo Tolstoy’s journal, covering the years 1895‑1899, presents the writer’s reflective…
ReadRussian literature
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz
The work is a scholarly survey of Russian literature, framed as a lecture series that the author, Petr…
ReadThe Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Parts I and II
Aleksandr Herzen
The work is a two‑part memoir by Alexander Herzen, the Russian aristocrat‑turned revolutionary whose life…
A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov
A. M. Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time opens amid the stark, windswept valleys of the Caucasus, where…
Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
The volume gathers Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol’s short stories, the most famous of which is the eponymous…
The forged coupon, and other stories
Leo Tolstoy
The volume gathers a selection of Leo Tol‑Tolstoy’s short fiction, presented in English translation, and…
ReadThe Russian Opera
Rosa Newmarch
The work is a scholarly survey of Russian opera, assembled from a series of five lectures delivered to the…
ReadThe Mantle, and Other Stories
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
The volume gathers five of Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol’s short pieces, The Mantle, The Nose, Memoirs of a…
ReadFables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales
Leo Tolstoy
This volume gathers a series of short moral tales that blend animal characters with human foibles, each story…
ReadThe Black Monk, and Other Stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The volume gathers a selection of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s short fiction, translated from the Russian…
The Wife, and Other Stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The volume gathers Anton Chekhov’s short‑story collection The Wife, and Other Stories, a series of Russian…
Childhood
Leo Tolstoy