Russian Literature

Russian winters and brooding souls set the stage for profound explorations of morality, faith, and the human condition in these masterful works. Through sprawling family sagas, psychological character studies, and tales of redemption, legendary authors like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Bulgakov illuminate the depths of consciousness and the eternal questions that haunt us all.

Russian Literature Book Summaries

Crime and Punishment Summary

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 671 pages

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The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

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War and Peace Summary

by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages

Historical Fiction

The Brothers Karamazov Summary

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages

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Notes from Underground Summary

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages

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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages

White Nights Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages

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The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages

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Anna Karenina Summary

by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages

Historical Fiction

The Idiot Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1869 667 pages

Russian Literature

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 pages

Notes from Underground Summary

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages

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by Vladimir Nabokov 1955 368 pages

The Cherry Orchard Summary

The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages

The Master and Margarita Summary

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages

Science Fiction

The Gambler Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1866 188 pages

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Oblomov Summary

by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages

Russian Literature

Poor Folk Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 167 pages

Russian Literature

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