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Best Russian Literature

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Rated 1 point - posted 14 years ago by JDBLists in category Books.

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1.

Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov

31 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

2.

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

28 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

3.

The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

25 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment

Comments:

Dostoevsky's masterpiece is recognized as one of the best works in literature ever. You owe it to yourself to check it out.

Added 14 years ago by JDBLists, 3 points

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4.

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

24 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment

Comments:

A novel for the financially insolvent (or maybe not,) this Dostoevsky work was originally published in serial form.

Added 14 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points

5.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

22 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment

Comments:

Bulgakov's work is one of the best novels of the 20th century, detailing a visit by the Devil to the Soviet Union.

Added 14 years ago by JDBLists, 1 point

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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

21 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

7.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

21 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment

Comments:

War and Peace is one of those novels you can brag about having read. It is one of the greatest works in literature, and also one of the most famously long.

Added 14 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

14 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

9.

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

7 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists - 1 comment

Comments:

Dealing with inter-generational strife, Fathers and Sons is Turgenev's best-known work. It's a quick and brilliant read.

Added 14 years ago by JDBLists, 0 points

10.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

6 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

11.

The Real Life if Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov

4 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

12.

The Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol

3 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

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Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol

2 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -

14.

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

2 points - added 14 years ago by JDBLists -