Required Reading
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A.S.Pushkin. Eugene Onegin (tr.Ch.Johnston) - Full Text in English
Eugene Onegin by A.S.Pushkin Full Text in Russian or download it in PDF format here
Eugene Onegin by A.S.Pushkin Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Alexander Pushkin - A brief Biography
Pushkin's Biography - Adapted from J.Thomas Shaw's biographical sketch in The Letters of Alexander Pushkin, Volume 1
Frontline: Pushkin Geneology
The Golden Age: Aleksandr Pushkin - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
"Pushkin Under Our Skin" by Alexander ZHOLKOVSKY (USC, Los Angeles) |
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A Hero of our Time by Mikhail Lermontov - Full text in English another version is here and yet another version translation from the Russian into English by Martin Parker, published by Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1947, 1951, in the public domain in the United States of America. (A translation that has also been reprinted by but not copyrighted by the Everyman Library, 1995, revised and edited by Neil Cornwell Here
A Hero of our Time by Mikhail Lermontov - Full Text in Russian this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom
A Hero of our Time by Mikhail Lermontov - Full Text in Russian or download it in PDF format
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M.Iu. Lermontov - Timeline/Biography
Mikhail Lermontov - Biography
Romanticism: Mikhail Lermontov - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Full text in English and another version can be found HERE
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Download Dead Souls in Russian - PDF Format
Nikolay (Vasilyevich) Gogol (1809-1852) - Biography
The Rise of Prose: Nikolai Gogol - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
Dead Souls: Chapter nine from Gogol's Art : A Search for Identity by Laszlo Tikos |
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Full text in English
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Fathers and Sons - Full Text in Russian
Turgenev's Biography
Turgenev - Brief Biography
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) By Henry James
Ivan Turgenev By Henry James 1903
The Novel In Russia
Tracing Byron's Influence on the Creation and Development of the Nihilist Bazarov in Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons
Turgenev and Tolstoy, Theatre between psychologism and realism, by Franco Manzoni |
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Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Full Text in English You could also find an annotated translation by C. J. Hogarth Here
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Full Text in Russian this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom
Ivan (Aleksandrovich) Goncharov (1812-1891) - Biography
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Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Full text in English, Garnett trans.
Notes From Underground in Russian
Notes from Underground in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Study Guide for Dostoyevsky: Notes from Underground
Study Notes fot the text - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
The Crystal Palace Model
Kant's Aesthetics in Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground by David A. Goldfarb
Dostoevsky Bibliography and Criticism
Brief Biography of Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky - his life
Dostoevsky Timeline
19th Century Time Line - The Age of Dostoevsky
The Young Dostoevsky and the Dawn of Realism - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
Dostoevsky as Philosopher
Gothicism in Conrad and Dostoevsky by Robert Berry, Department of English, University of Otago, New Zealand
N. A. Berdyaev (Berdiaev): The Revelation About Man in the Creativity of Dostoevsky
Scandal, Resentment, Idolatry: The Underground Psychology of Terrorism by Andrew McKenna
Dostoevsky and His Theology
Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Ayn Rand's Moral Triad
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Living with Epilepsy |
Alternative to Notes fom Underground
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A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story by Fyodor Dostoevsky Full Text in English
A Gentle Spirit (Кроткая) by Fyodor Dostoevsky) - Full Text in Russian) translated by Constance Garnett |
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Anna Karenin(a) - Full Text in English This page also provides a number of links to works of criticism and interpretation of the novel
Anna Karenina - In Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Anna Karenina - Full text in Russian
Tolstoy's Struggle - Discussion of Anna Karenina
Introduction To Tolstoy's Writings by Ernest J Simmons
Leo Tolstoy - A brief biography and bibliography
Birukoff, Paul. Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood
Reminiscences of Tolstoy By Count Illya Tolstoy
Reminiscences of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy by Maxim Gorky
Tolstoy and His Message By Ernest Howard Crosby: New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1903
Last Days of Leo Tolstoy - by Vladimir Chertkov
"The Tragedy of Tolstoy" by Aleksandra Tolstaya
Alexander II and His Times: A Narrative History of Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky (with links to hundreds of images and other materials)
Leo Tolstoy Image Gallery
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) By Henry James - A discussion of Tolstoy and Turgenev
Tolstoy Is Dead; Long Fight Over - 1910 obituary from the New York Times. Free Registration required.
Lev Tolstoy speaks! A collection of letters Audio, MP3 format |
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Ward Number Six by Anton Chekhov - Full text in English translated by Constance Garnett
Ward Number Six - by Anton Chekhov - Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
The Lady with the Lapdog by Anton Chekhov - Full text in English translated by Ivy Litvinov and you could find an annotated Constance Garnett translation Here
The Lady with the Lapdog by Anton Chekhov - Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
The Lady with the Lapdog by Anton Chekhov - Full Text in Russian - Annotated
201 Stories by Anton Chekhov in English
Selected Checkhov Stories in English
A Brief Biography of Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov Biography
Anton Chekhov on Writing
What the Critics Say About Anton Chekhov
"Anton Chekhov: Fragments of Recollections" by: Maxim Gorky
Chekhov's Legacy
"Chekhov and women: women in the life of Anton Chekhov" by Brook Stowe |
Recommended Readings
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Resources
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"The Bronze Horseman", "The Stationmaster", The Captain's Daughter, Boris Godunov (play) |
The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin - Full Text in English Translation of the Bronze Horseman is by Waclaw Lednicki and published in: Waclaw Lednicki,Pushkin's Bronze Horseman(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1955)
The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin - Full Text in Russian annotated
The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin - Full Text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
The Stationmaster in Russian
The Captain's Daughter in Russian
The Captain's Daughter in English: Here translated as the Daughter of the Commandant
Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin - Full Text in English
Boris Godunov (the play) in Russian
Prinston University Production of Boris Godunov |
The Demon, Selected Lyrics |
The Demon by Mikhail Lermontov - Full Text In Englsh
Demon by Mikhail Lermontov - Full Text in Russian
The Angel by Mikhail Lermontov - Bi-lingual English/Russian
Death of a Poet by Mikhail Lermontov - Bi-lingual English/Russian You can also listen to a recording of this poem in Russian
The Sail by Mikhail Lermontov - Bi-lingual English/Russian You can also listen to recording of this poem in Russian
Bored and Sad by Mikhail Lermontov - Bi-lingual English/Russian You can also listen to recording of this poem in Russian as well as set to music by A. S. Dargomyzhsky and performed by I. S. Kozlovsky
Lermontov's Selected Poetry in English
Lermontov - Poetry page with links to biography - In Russian |
The Persburg Stories: The Nose, The Overcoat, Diary of a Madman and Nevsky Prospect |
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in English
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in Russian
Nevsky Prospect by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in Russian
Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in Russian
Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol in English: Here translated as Memoirs of a Madman
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol - Full Text in English
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol Full Text in Russian
The Petersburg Stories - Chapter six from Gogol's Art : A Search for Identity by Laszlo Tikos |
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A Sportsman's Sketches by Ivan Turgenev - Full Text in English trans. Constance Garnett
A Sportsman's Sketches Full Text in Russian
A Nest of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Full Text in English trans. Constance Garnett
A Nest of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev - Full text in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
A Nest of Gentlefolk - Full text in Russian
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"My Confession" by Leo Tolstoy |
"The Death of Ivan Ilych" By Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1886. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude
Death of Ivan Ilych - Full Text in Russian
Lawyers and Literature by James R. Elkins
A transcript of three Ohio Professors discussing Death of Ivan Ilych and Master and Man
War and Peace By Leo Tolstoy - Full Text in English and Russian and also Here
War and Peace in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Historical Background To War and Peace
Napoleonic guide - The Russian Compaign
REASON, AND HISTORY, IN ANNA KARENINA AND WAR AND PEACE This is a pdf file, Acrobat reader required
Tolstoy's Mathematics in ''War and Peace'' - by Paul Vitányi. This is a pdf file, Acrobat reader required
Prokofiev's War and Peace by Alex Ross
My Confession by Leo Tolstoy -Full text in English |
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The Brothers Karamazov - Full Text in English
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky translated by Constance Garnett
The Brothers Karamazov in Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Dostoevsky's Biography with special annotations for The Brothers Karamazov
Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov An Essay by Joyce Carol Oates
The Brothers Karamazov Bibliography
Comparing the Translations of The Brothers Karamazov
Introductions to the Novel by various authors
Dostoevsky and His Theology by James Townsend
Dostoevsky's name in English What's in a name?
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky translated by Constance Garnett
Crime and Punishment in Russian
Crime and Punishment In Russian - this site is for those whose Russian skills could use some help. Just click on an unfamiliar word and the English translation will appear at the bottom.
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Lecture on the novel from Russell McNeil
Crime and Punishment Summary & Study Guide. From Professor Beyer at Middlebury College.
Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment - Study notes from Professor Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota
Gitta Hammarberg's- Dostoevsky's Petersburg
St. Petersburg on the Road to Capitalism (1840s to 1890s) Background and a Virtual Tour.
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| Alexander Ostrovsky |
The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky - Full Text in Russian |
| Nikolai Nekrasov |
Who Can Live Happy and Free in Russia by Nikolai Nekrasov - Full Text in Russian |
| Nikolai Chernyshevsky |
What is to be Done by Nikolai Chernyshevsky - Full Text in Russian |
Alexander Herzen My Past and Thoughts, Who is to blame? |
Who is to Blame? by Alexander Herzen - Full Text in Russian
My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen - Full Text in Russian
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| Leskov |
Russian Nikolai Leskov page |
Annensky
Tiutchev
Fet |
Annensky's Timeline/Biography and Selected Poetry - Bi-lingual English/Russian
Annensky Poetry Page with links to Biography and Criticism - In Russian
Tiutchev's Timeline/Biography and Selected Poetry - Bi-lingual English/Russian
Tiutchev Poetry Page with links to Biography and Criticism - In Russian
Fet's Timeline/Biography and Selected Poetry - Bi-lingual English/Russian
Fet Poetry Page with links to Biography and Criticism - In Russian |
