If you are really interested in understanding the true beauty of literature you will have to read this works. I hope you will gain from them as much as I have.
I’d add “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”. As far as I know it is the only Russian book that I’ve read, but I really liked it.
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.
ARidiculousMan
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