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  • The Last Days of Tolstoy

    "The Last Days of Tolstoy" by V. G. Chertkov offers a poignant glimpse into the final moments of the literary giant Leo Tolstoy. Chertkov, a close friend and confidant of Tolstoy, captures the essence of the author's struggles with faith, mortality, and the legacy he leaves behind. The narrative is rich with personal anecdotes and reflections, providing readers with an intimate portrait of Tolstoy ... Read more

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  • Tolstoy on Shakespeare

    Enriched edition. A Critical Essay on Shakespeare

    In "Tolstoy on Shakespeare," Leo Tolstoy offers a profound, critical examination of Shakespeare's works, blending incisive literary analysis with personal reflection. Utilizing a clear, yet evocative prose style, Tolstoy critiques the moral implications and artistic merit of Shakespeare's plays, arguing that they lack the ethical depth and philosophical rigor he values in literature. This book ... Read more

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  • "Bethink Yourselves!"

    Translated by V. G. Chertkov ...
    In "Bethink Yourselves!", Leo Tolstoy delves into the profound moral and ethical challenges facing humanity, advocating for a return to simplicity and introspection in an increasingly complex world. Written in his signature straightforward yet poignant style, this philosophical treatise invites readers to confront their values and societal norms, reflecting Tolstoy's deep engagement with issues of ... Read more

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  • "Bethink Yourselves!"

    Enriched edition. A Reflection on Morality, Patriotism, and Individual Responsibility in Tolstoy's Ethical Philosophy

    Translated by V. G. Chertkov ...
    In "Bethink Yourselves!", Leo Tolstoy presents a poignant exploration of moral and social issues, encapsulated in a series of parables and philosophical essays that challenge conventional societal norms and advocate for a return to spiritual simplicity. Tolstoy's literary style is reflective and didactic, characterized by a clear, unadorned prose that invites readers to engage deeply with the ... Read more

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  • The Last Days of Tolstoy

    A Deep Dive into Tolstoy's Final Days and Inner Turmoil

    In "The Last Days of Tolstoy," V. G. Chertkov presents a poignant exploration of the final years of the illustrious Russian author Leo Tolstoy. This work intricately weaves together personal anecdotes, philosophical reflections, and biographical details, embodying a narrative style that mirrors the depth of Tolstoy's own writing. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Russia, Chertkov ... Read more

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  • Notes from the Underground

    A Psychological Exploration of Alienation and Consciousness

    A groundbreaking psychological novella examining self-conflict, free will, and alienation in modern society. ... Read more

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  • The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Series series Fyodor Dostoevsky - Starbooks Classics Collection
    This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a ... Read more

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  • Notes From The Underground (Mobi Classics)

    Translated by Constance Garnett. Notes from Underground is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1864. It is considered the world's first existentialist work. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. - Excerpted from ... Read more

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  • Poor Folk (Mobi Classics)

    Translated by C.J. Hogarth. Poor Folk was the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which he wrote over the span of nine months. First published in 1846, it was lauded by the influential critic Belinsky, who (among others) hailed him as the new Gogol. This book was partly inspired by Nikolai Gogol's short story The Overcoat. This novel is written in a form of letters of correspondence between two ... Read more

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  • The Kreutzer Sonata

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Translated by Isai Kamen ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society ... Read more

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  • The Idiot

    Prince Myshkin has just returned to Russia after several years in a Swiss sanitarium and soon finds himself in a complicated love triangle. Myshkin's honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him.This new abridgement was completed exclusively for Mission Books by Russian Studies scholar Thomas Beyer to keep the important religious themes of the ... Read more

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  • Chekhov's Doctors

    A Collection Of Chekhov's Medical Tales

    by Anton Chekhov ...
    In his brief but distinguished life, Anton Chekhov was a doctor, a documentary essayist, an admired dramatist, and a humanitarian. He remains a nineteenth-century Russian literary giant whose prose continues to offer moral insight and to resonate with readers across the world.Chekhov experienced no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. He believed that knowledge of one complemented ... Read more

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