Lectures on Russian Literature, Volume 1The author's observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. "This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians" (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations. |
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Russian Writers Censors and Readers | 1 |
NIKOLAY GOGOL | 15 |
IVAN TURGENEV | 63 |
Copyright | |
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