Literary Literature

The Italics Are Mine [Nina Berberova]

The Italics Are Mine. Nina Berberova. The author (1901-1993) recounts the events of her life, discussing her father and grandfather, the Russian Revolution, her marriage, as well as the lives of anti-communist Russian refugees in Paris in her short...

The Epic of Russian Literature [Marc Slonim]

Marc Slonim. The Epic of Russian Literature; from Its Origins Through Tolstoy. Slonim's (1894-1976) first volume focusing on Russian 19th century novels and debates. Slonim himself warrants a substantial Wikipedia page. A classic. First published in...

The Golovlyov Family [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]

The Golovlyov Family (Господа Головлёвы).  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (Михаил Евграфович Салтыков) (1826-1889), first published in 1880. It is regarded as a classic of Russian literature, considered to be "the gloomiest book in all Russian...

Literary Russia. A Guide.

Literary Russia. A Guide to the authors, characters, scenes and streets. Anna Benn and Rosamund Bartlett. The authors trace the lives and legacies of some of Russia's foremost writers, and discusses their roles in the spiritual, political, and...

Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his...

Positive Hero in Russian literature

Rufus W. Mathewson, Jr. The Positive Hero in Russian literature. This classic text brings a period of Russian literature to life and demonstrates how the battles over the positive hero reappeared with dramatic clarity in the dissident literary movement...

Image of Peter the Great in Russian Fiction

Xenia Gasiorowska. The Image of Peter the Great in Russian Fiction. WI (Madison): Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1979. 1st printing, stated. 174 pages, illustrations, endnotes, plot summaries, bibliography, and an index. Hardcover in good dustjacket now in a...

Glory [Vladimir Nabokov]

Vladimir Nabokov. Glory (Подвиг). Written and published in 1932 and translated by Nabokov's son, Dmitri, in 1972. It was his fifth Russian-language novel but his last to be translated into English. Somewhat autobiographical, the novel's Swiss-Russian...

Siberian Gold [1936]

Siberian Gold. Theodore Acland Harper in collaboration with Winifred Harper. NY (Garden City): Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. 335 pages, decorated orange and black cloth boards. Part of the Young Moderns Books series. Hardcover with good dustjacket in...

The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn

The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn. Solomon Volkov, Antonina Bouis (translator). NY: Knopf, 2008. 1st edition (BCE). Hardcover, 352 pages. Dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.   Volkov...