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Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displa...

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Discover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarkable new translation. 'Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement' Telegraph 'One of the great Russian autobiographie...

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This trilogy of short novels, taken as a whole, recounts the young narrators early life up to his university days, each episode told through the perceptions, points of view and emotions felt by the protagonist at the time. Based on Tolstoys own li...

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Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel ...

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GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Vra Slonim shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her a...

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Konstantin Batyushkov was one of the great poets of the Golden Age of Russian literature in the early nineteenth century. His verses, famous for their musicality, earned him the admiration of Aleksandr Pushkin and generations of Russian poets to c...

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Konstantin Batyushkov was one of the great poets of the Golden Age of Russian literature in the early nineteenth century. His verses, famous for their musicality, earned him the admiration of Aleksandr Pushkin and generations of Russian poets to c...

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This evocative account of the life of the Renaissances greatest figure traces Leonardos early development as an artist and court figure to his final years in exile, portraying his loves and sufferings, as well as his intellectual curiosity and tir...

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The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression...

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Christened with Crosses is the unforgettable story of a young boy's dangerous, adventure-filled westbound journey along the railways of postwar Russia. Based on a true story of Kochergin's amazing life, this book depicts the awakening of...

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Zadolgo do togo kak stat'' pisatelem, Antuan de Sent-Ekzyuperi proslavilsya kak besstrashnyj aviator. Imenno Sent-Ekzyuperi vmeste s francuzskimi letchikami Zhanom Mermozom i Anri Gijome stali pervootkryvatelyami pochtovoj aviacii, polnoj opasnost...

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