olga2622's "Best Books in Russian Literature"

Cool list. I just discovered and am anxious to check out a few of these that I haven’t heard of or gotten to yet. I collect and read Russian Literature only in the cold months, Nov. to April. It feels right, I suppose. And I adamantly refuse to read non-Russian lit. during this period-it might enhance my mood.

What about?
1)The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (better than Dead Souls??)
2)The Sebastopol Sketches by Leo Tolstoy (brilliant, important)
3)A Hero of our Time by Lermontov (very funny, odd)
4)The Three by Maxim Gorky (quirky tale is one of my favourites)
5) Chekhov-any of his collections are great.

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